Mogontiacum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mogontiacus, Moguntiacum
• Magontiacum (doubtful in Classical Latin)
• Maguntia (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From a Celtic name of the god Mogons.

Proper noun

Mogontiacum n sg (genitive Mogontiacī); second declension

1. Mainz (a city in modern Germany)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mogontiacum
Genitive	Mogontiacī
Dative	Mogontiacō
Accusative	Mogontiacum
Ablative	Mogontiacō
Vocative	Mogontiacum
Locative	Mogontiacī

Descendants

Descendants

• Aragonese: Maganza
• Catalan: Magúncia
• Czech: Mohuč
• French: Mayence
  • Esperanto: Majenco
  • Japanese: マイエンス (Maiensu)
  • Occitan: Maiança
• Old Norse: Meginzuborg

• German: Mainz
  • Pennsylvania German: Meenz
  • Rhine Franconian: Määnz, Meenz
  • English: Mainz
• Greek: Μαγεντία (Magentía)
• Italian: Magonza
• Limburgish: Meind
• Polish: Moguncja
• Portuguese: Mogúncia
• Spanish: Maguncia

References

• “Mogontiacum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Mogontiacum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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