Augustonemetum

Latin

Etymology

The Roman conquest of the city combined the name of emperor Augustus with the city's original Celtic/Gaulish name, Proto-Celtic *nemetom (“sanctuary, holy place”), from *nemos (“heaven, sky”). Together, they mean "sanctuary of Augustus".

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /au̯.ɡus.toˈne.me.tum/, [äu̯ɡʊs̠t̪ɔˈnɛmɛt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯.ɡus.toˈne.me.tum/, [äu̯ɡust̪oˈnɛːmet̪um]

Proper noun

Augustonemetum n sg (genitive Augustonemetī); second declension

1. A town of the Arverni in Aquitania, now Clermont-Ferrand

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Augustonemetum
Genitive	Augustonemetī
Dative	Augustonemetō
Accusative	Augustonemetum
Ablative	Augustonemetō
Vocative	Augustonemetum
Locative	Augustonemetī

References

• Augustonemetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Augustonemetum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• The Celtic Origin of a Great Part of the Greek and Latin Languages,: And of Many Classical Proper Names, Proved by a Comparison of Greek and Latin with the Gaelic Language Or the Celtic of Scotland, p. 58