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Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to magnify, increase”) with an S-stem extension similar to *augs. If so, related to augeo (“I increase”).[1] There was also an Auximum in Campania, suggesting a possible Umbrian-like dialect or Picene stratum.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Auximum n sg (genitive Auximī); second declension
- A city in Picenum situated on a hill near Ancon, now the town of Osimo
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
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References
- “Auximum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Auximum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 358