Αὔγουστος
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See also: Αύγουστος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Augustus (but the Greek calque Σεβαστός (Sebastós) was traditionally preferred).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ǎu̯.ɡuːs.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈaw.ɡus.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈaβ.ɣus.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈav.ɣus.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈav.ɣus.tos/
Proper noun
Αὔγουστος • (Aúgoustos) m (genitive Αὐγούστου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Αὔγουστος ho Aúgoustos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Αὐγούστου toû Augoústou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Αὐγούστῳ tôi Augoústōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Αὔγουστον tòn Aúgouston | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Αὔγουστε Aúgouste | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Αὐγουστάλιᾰ (Augoustália)
- Αὐγουστάλιος (Augoustálios)
- Αὐγούστειᾰ (Augoústeia)
- Αὐγουστεῖον (Augousteîon)
- Αὐγούστειος (Augoústeios)
Descendants
- Byzantine Greek: Αὔγουστος (Aúgoustos)
- → Aghwan: 𐔰𐕡𐔲𐕒𐕡𐕚𐕜𐕒𐕚 (awgusṭos)
- → Coptic: ⲁⲩⲅⲟⲩⲥⲧⲟⲥ (augoustos)
- → Old Armenian: օգոստոս (ōgostos), Օգոստոս (Ōgostos)
References
- “Αὔγουστος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Αὔγουστος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)