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Latin
Etymology
From Augusta (“imperial majesty; the name of several towns”) and emeritus.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Augusta Emerita f sg (genitive Augustae Emeritae); first declension
- The chief city of Lusitania, now Mérida
Declension
First-declension noun with a first-declension adjective, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Augusta Emerita”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Emerita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.