Noviomagus
Latin
Etymology
From Celtic, meaning “new field” or “new market”, from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos + *magos (“field”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɔ.wiˈɔ.ma.ɡʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [no.viˈɔː.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 Cantiacorum (“West Wickham, England”)
- Noviomagus Lexoviorum (“Liseux, France”)
- Noviomagus Nemetum (“Speyer, Germany”)
- Noviomagus Reginorum (“Chichester, England”)
- Noviomagus Trevirorum (“Neumagen-Dhron, Germany”)
- Noviomagus Tricastinorum (“Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France”)
- Noviomagus Veromanduorum (“Noyon, France”)
- Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum (“Nijmegen, the Netherlands”)
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.