Augusta Treverorum
Latin
Alternative forms
- Augusta Trevirorum, Augusta Tresvirorum
Etymology
Augusta (“a town or city in honor of Emperor Augustus”) + the genitive of the name of the local tribe, the Trēverī, which folk etymology occasionally reinterpreted as “three men”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta treː.u̯eˈroː.rum/, [äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ä t̪reːu̯ɛˈroːrʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /au̯ˈɡus.ta tre.veˈro.rum/, [äu̯ˈɡust̪ä t̪reveˈrɔːrum]
Proper noun
Augusta Trēverōrum f sg (genitive Augustae Trēverōrum); first declension
- (historical) Trier (a city in the Roman Empire, now in Germany)
Declension
First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Augusta Trēverōrum |
| Genitive | Augustae Trēverōrum |
| Dative | Augustae Trēverōrum |
| Accusative | Augustam Trēverōrum |
| Ablative | Augustā Trēverōrum |
| Vocative | Augusta Trēverōrum |
| Locative | Augustae Trēverōrum |
Derived terms
- Treverorum
- Trēverēnsis
- Trēvericus, Trīvericus
Descendants
- English: Treves
- French: Trèves
References
- “Augusta Treverorum (Trier)”, in www.trismegistos.org, accessed 2021-10-09