Noviomagus

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Latin

Etymology

From Celtic, meaning “new field” or “new market”, from Proto-Celtic *nouyos +‎ *magos (“field”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /no.u̯iˈo.ma.ɡus/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no.viˈo.ma.ɡus/,

Proper noun

Noviomagus f sg (genitive Noviomagī); second declension

One of a number of place names throughout the Roman empire. Although most of these places had longer names, the name Noviomagus was often used as a shorthand.

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Noviomagus
genitive	Noviomagī
dative	Noviomagō
accusative	Noviomagum
ablative	Noviomagō
vocative	Noviomage
locative	Noviomagī

Derived terms

Noviomagus Reginorum (“Chichester, England”)
Noviomagus Cantiacorum (“Kent, England”)
Noviomagus Lexoviorum (“Liseux, France”)
Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum (“Nijmegen, the Netherlands”)
Noviomagus Veromanduorum (“Noyon, France”)
Noviomagus Nemetum (“Speyer, Germany”)
Noviomagus Trevirorum (“Neumagen-Dhron, Germany”)
Noviomagus Tricastinorum (“Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France”)

Descendants

Dutch: Nijmegen
French: Noyon
German: Neumagen

References

“Noviomagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Noviomagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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