augustus

See also: Augustus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Augustus. Doublet of oogst.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑu̯ˈɣʏs.tʏs/, /ɑu̯ˈɣʏs.təs/

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• Hyphenation: au‧gus‧tus

Noun

augustus m (plural augustussen)

1. August (month)

   Synonym: (archaic) oogstmaand

Descendants

• Afrikaans: Augustus
• Negerhollands: august
• →? Caribbean Hindustani: agast
• → Caribbean Javanese: agustus
• → Indonesian: Agustus
• → Papiamentu: ougùstùs
• → Sranan Tongo: augustus
• → Trió: ahkëtë

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) maanden van de gregoriaanse kalender; januari, februari, maart, april, mei, juni, juli, augustus, september, oktober, november, december ^{(Category: nl:Months)}

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *augostos (“amplified, increased, augmented, strengthened”), from *augos (“an increase, augmentation”) +‎ *-tos, an old neuter s-stem formed to the root of Latin augeō (“I increase, enlarge”). Its descendant appears in Classical Latin as augur, auguris with shifted gender/sense ("augur") and levelling of the -r-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.tus/, [äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯ˈɡus.tus/, [äu̯ˈɡust̪us]

Adjective

augustus (feminine augusta, neuter augustum, comparative augustior, superlative augustissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. august, solemn, majestic, venerable
2. Alternative letter-case form of Augustus

Usage notes

• Originally a word of religious use, but given as a title to the emperor Augustus.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	augustus	augusta	augustum		augustī	augustae	augusta
genitive	augustī	augustae	augustī		augustōrum	augustārum	augustōrum
dative	augustō	augustae	augustō		augustīs
accusative	augustum	augustam	augustum		augustōs	augustās	augusta
ablative	augustō	augustā	augustō		augustīs
vocative	auguste	augusta	augustum		augustī	augustae	augusta

Related terms

• Augusta
• augustālis
• augustāneus
• augustēus
• augustēum
• Augustus

See also

• Augustus

Further reading

• “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 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)
• augustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “augustus”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “augustus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “augustus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “augustus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

Noun

augustus m

1. accusative plural of augusts

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• Augustus, augustes (alternative spellings)
• auguustus (Valkenburg)
• Juss (Krefeld)
• Augusst, Ogusst (Eupen)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin augustus (“month of August”). Doublet of ougs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑu̯ˈɣʏs.tʏs/, /ɑu̯ˈɣʏs.təs/

  IPA^(key): (Maastrichtian) [ɔʋˈɣʏs.təs]

• Hyphenation: au‧gus‧tus
• Rhymes: -ʏstʏs, -ʏstəs

Noun

augustus

1. August (month)

West Frisian

Etymology

From Latin augustus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔu̯ˈɡøstəs/

Noun

augustus c (plural augustussen)

1. August

   Synonym: rispmoanne

Further reading

• “augustus”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011