Augusta Emerita

== Latin == === Etymology === From Augusta (“imperial majesty; the name of several towns”) and emeritus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈɡʊs.ta ɛˈmɛ.rɪ.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈɡus.ta eˈmɛː.ri.ta] === Proper noun === Augusta Emerita f sg (genitive Augustae Emeritae); first declension The chief city of Lusitania, now Mérida ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun with a first-declension adjective, with locative, singular only. === References === “Augusta Emerita”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Emerita”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.