Nemausus

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Etymology

From Latin Nemausus.

Proper noun

Nemausus

  1. (Celtic mythology) The patron god of Nîmes during Roman times.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Gaulish *nemo, named after a local deity and its sanctuary. The name could ultimately be from Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”) or from a hydronym related to the river Neman.

Maison Carrée

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Nemausus f sg (genitive Nemausī); second declension

  1. A city in Gallia Narbonensis, now Nîmes

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Nemausus
Genitive Nemausī
Dative Nemausō
Accusative Nemausum
Ablative Nemausō
Vocative Nemause
Locative Nemausī

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle French: Nismes

References

  • “Nĕmausum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Nemausus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Green, Miranda (1997) Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd.
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
  • Pėteraitis, Villius (1992): Mažoji Lietuva ir Tvanksta: prabaltų, pralietuvių ir lietuvininkų laikais : daugiau kaip 4000 metų nenutrūkstamos baltiškosios vandenvardinės kultūros raida
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