burgensis

Latin

Etymology

From burgus (“fort; walled town; borough”) +‎ -ēnsis (forming locative adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /burˈd͡ʒen.sis/, [burˈd͡ʒɛnsis]

Adjective

burgēnsis (neuter burgēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. pertaining to a castle
2. pertaining to a town or city
3. having the status of a citizen

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	burgēnsis	burgēnse		burgēnsēs	burgēnsia
Genitive	burgēnsis			burgēnsium
Dative	burgēnsī			burgēnsibus
Accusative	burgēnsem	burgēnse		burgēnsēs burgēnsīs	burgēnsia
Ablative	burgēnsī			burgēnsibus
Vocative	burgēnsis	burgēnse		burgēnsēs	burgēnsia

Descendants

• Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italian: borghese
  • Sicilian: burgisi
• Old Catalan: burgès
  • Catalan: burgès
• Old French: borgeis, borjois, burgeis, burgeys, burgois, burgeois, bourgois
  • Middle French: bourgois, bourgeois
    • French: bourgeois (see there for further descendants)
  • Walloon: bordjeûs
  • → Middle English: burgeis, burgeys, burges
    • English: burgess
    • → Irish: buirgéis
    • Scots: burges
    • → Welsh: bwrdais
  • ⇒ Old French: bourgesie, borgoisie (“citizenship”)
    • French: bourgeoisie (see there for further descendants)
    • → Middle English: *burgeisie, borgeysye
      • English: burgessy
• West Iberian
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: burges
    • Galician: burgués
    • Portuguese: burguês
  • Old Spanish: burzés
    • Spanish: burgés, burgués
      • → Tagalog: burgis

Noun

burgēnsis m or f (genitive burgēnsis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

1. townsman, resident of a town or city
2. citizen, i.e. a person with the rights and obligations of citizenship
3. town councillor or senator, patrician
4. inhabitant of a fortified rural settlement
5. (generally) inhabitant of any specific place, such as a street or a pasture
6. (England) burgess (parliamentary representative of a borough)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	burgēnsis	burgēnsēs
Genitive	burgēnsis	burgēnsium
Dative	burgēnsī	burgēnsibus
Accusative	burgēnsem	burgēnsēs burgēnsīs
Ablative	burgēnse	burgēnsibus
Vocative	burgēnsis	burgēnsēs

References

• burgensis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• burgensis in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “burgensis”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “burgensis”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 108
• burgensis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016