burgus

Latin

Etymology

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First attested in the early second century CE, of disputed origin: either a late borrowing from Proto-Germanic *burgz (or from a descendant in a daughter language, such as Frankish *burg or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐍃 (baurgs)) or from Ancient Greek πύργος (púrgos).

Noun

burgus m (genitive burgī); second declension

1. (Late Latin, originally) A fort or castle, especially a smaller one; a watchtower.
2. (Late Latin, generally) A fortified town; a walled town.
3. (Medieval Latin) A borough: a town specially incorporated and with special rights.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	burgus	burgī
Genitive	burgī	burgōrum
Dative	burgō	burgīs
Accusative	burgum	burgōs
Ablative	burgō	burgīs
Vocative	burge	burgī

Derived terms

• burgāre
  • ⇒ Medieval Latin: burgātor
    • Old French: burgeor
      • → Medieval Latin: burglātor (British)
        • → Middle English: burgulator
          • ⇒ Middle English: burglar
            • English: burglar
• burgēnsis
• firma burgi

Descendants

• Old French: burc, burg, borc, bourg, bourc
  • Middle French: bourg, bourc
    • French: bourg
  • Bourguignon: bôrg
  • Norman: bourg
• Italian: borgo
• Old Galician-Portuguese: burgo
  • Galician: burgo
  • Portuguese: burgo
• Old Occitan: burg, burc
  • Catalan: burg, burch
    • Catalan: burg
• Sardinian: burgu
• Spanish: burgo

References

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