agustus

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Gothic

Romanization

agustus

  1. Romanization of 𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃

Latin

Etymology

From augustus via dissimilation of /au̯/ to /a/ before a following syllable containing /u/. Attested from the mid–late 1st century CE onward.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

agustus (feminine agusta, neuter agustum); first/second-declension adjective (nonstandard)

  1. Alternative form of augustus (“of August”)
    • 691, Charte du Roy Clovis III. In: 1706, Michel Felibien, Histoire de l'abbaye royale de Saint-Denys en France, p. xj:
      Datum quod ficit minsis Agustus dies XII. anno primo rigni nostri, Captunnaco feliciter.
      (Note: ⟨minsis Agustus⟩ = mēnsis Augustus, i.e. the month of August)

Descendants

References

  • agustus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Faculté des lettres de Rennes. 1891. Annales de Bretagne et des pays de l'ouest, vol. VII. Page 212.
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “a(u)gustus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 51
  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “augŭstus (mēnsis)”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 925
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