Augustus

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin Augustus, from augustus (majestic, venerable). Doublet of august.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: ô-gŭsʹtəs, IPA(key): /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/, /əˈɡʌstəs/
  • Hyphenation: Au‧gus‧tus

Proper noun

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Augustus

  1. The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C.E. – 14 C.E.); heir to Julius Caesar
  2. A male given name from Latin, risen in popularity since the 18th century.

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Noun

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Augustus (plural Augustusmaande)

  1. August

See also

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(Gregorian calendar months) Januarie, Februarie, Maart, April, Mei, Junie, Julie, Augustus, September, Oktober, November, Desember (Category: af:Months)

Latin

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The Roman emperor Augustus, b. 23 September 63 BC, d. 19 August 14 AD

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Etymology 1

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From augustus (majestic, venerable), originally a word of religious use, which was given as a title to the emperor Augustus. The month Sextīlis was renamed after the emperor Caesar Augustus.

Proper noun

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Augustus m (genitive Augustī); second declension

  1. Augustus; a Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
  2. Augustus, the Roman emperor
Declension
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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Augustus Augustī
Genitive Augustī Augustōrum
Dative Augustō Augustīs
Accusative Augustum Augustōs
Ablative Augustō Augustīs
Vocative Auguste Augustī
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Adjective

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Augustus (feminine Augusta, neuter Augustum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Augustan (pertaining to the Emperor Augustus)
  2. imperial, royal
  3. of August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar
    Synonym: Sextīlis
Usage notes
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  • In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.

Etymology 2

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Ellipsis of Augustus mēnsis m or ellipsis of mēnsis Augustus m (Augustan month, month of August).

Proper noun

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Augustus m (genitive Augustī); second declension

  1. August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar
Descendants
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  • Latin: agustus (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted borrowings

These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology.

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References

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  • Augustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Augustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Augustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin Augustus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.u.ɡus.tus/, [ˈɑ.u.ɣus.tus]

Proper noun

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Augustus m

  1. the Roman emperor Augustus
  2. the month of August

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