Ultraiectum
Latin
Alternative forms
- Ultrajectum
Etymology
Blend of ultra (“beyond”), a phonetic Latinisation of Old Dutch ūt (“out”) + Traiectum, the name of the ancient Roman fort at the city, from traiectus (“crossing”). See Dutch Utrecht.
Pronunciation
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ul.traˈjek.tum/, [ul̪t̪räˈjɛkt̪um]
Proper noun
Ultraiectum n sg (genitive Ultraiectī); second declension (Medieval Latin, New Latin)
- Utrecht
- 1688, Heinrich Meibom, Rerum Germanicarum Libri III, page 383:
- Anno Domini MCXXV. feria quinta post Pentecosten in Ultrajecto Henricus imperator moritur […]
- In the year of the lord 1125, on the Thursday after Pentecost, Emperor Henry died in Utrecht […]
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Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Ultraiectum |
Genitive | Ultraiectī |
Dative | Ultraiectō |
Accusative | Ultraiectum |
Ablative | Ultraiectō |
Vocative | Ultraiectum |
Synonyms
- Traiectum, Traiectum ad Rhenum
Derived terms
- Ultraiectensis
- Ultrāiectīnus