burgravius
Latin
Alternative forms
- burggrāvius, burcgrāvius, burchgrāvius, burggrāfius, borchgrāvius, burkgrāvius, burgraffius, burgrāphius
Etymology
From the Old High German *burggrāvo (attested as the Middle High German burcgrâve), from burg (“castle”, “city”) + grāfio (“ruler”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /burˈɡraː.u̯i.us/, [bʊrˈɡräːu̯iʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /burˈɡra.vi.us/, [burˈɡräːvius]
Noun
burgrāvius m (genitive burgrāviī or burgrāvī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) burgrave, burggrave [12th C.]
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | burgrāvius | burgrāviī |
| Genitive | burgrāviī burgrāvī1 | burgrāviōrum |
| Dative | burgrāviō | burgrāviīs |
| Accusative | burgrāvium | burgrāviōs |
| Ablative | burgrāviō | burgrāviīs |
| Vocative | burgrāvie | burgrāviī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
- (burgrave, burggrave): burgicomes (Mediaeval)
Derived terms
- burgrāviātus
Descendants
- Italian: burgravio
References
- BURGGRAVIUS 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)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “burchgravius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 107/2
- burggrafius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 30.09.09) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016