Augusta Treverorum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Augusta Trevirorum, Augusta Tresvirorum, TR === Etymology === From Augusta (“town honoring Augustus or an emperor”) + Trēverōrum, genitive of Trēverī, a German tribe whose name was sometimes mistakenly understood as meaning “the three men”. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈɡʊs.ta treː.wɛˈroː.rũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈɡus.ta tre.veˈrɔː.rum] === 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. ==== Derived terms ==== Treverorum Trēverēnsis Trēvericus, Trīvericus ==== Descendants ==== French: Trèves → English: Treves ==== References ==== “Augusta Treverorum (Trier)”, in www.trismegistos.org‎[1], 9 October 2021 (last accessed)