Nemausus
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Nemausus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Gaulish *nemo, named after a local deity and its sanctuary. The name could ultimately be from Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”) or from a hydronym related to the river Neman.
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /neˈmau̯.sus/, [nɛˈmäu̯s̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /neˈmau̯.sus/, [neˈmäːu̯sus]
Proper noun
[edit]Nemausus f sg (genitive Nemausī); second declension
- A city in Gallia Narbonensis, now Nîmes
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Nemausus |
Genitive | Nemausī |
Dative | Nemausō |
Accusative | Nemausum |
Ablative | Nemausō |
Vocative | Nemause |
Locative | Nemausī |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “Nĕmausum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nemausus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Green, Miranda (1997) Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd.
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
- Pėteraitis, Villius (1992): Mažoji Lietuva ir Tvanksta: prabaltų, pralietuvių ir lietuvininkų laikais : daugiau kaip 4000 metų nenutrūkstamos baltiškosios vandenvardinės kultūros raida
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