Mogontiacum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Mogontiacus, Moguntiacum Magontiacum (doubtful in Classical Latin) Maguntia (Medieval Latin) === Etymology === From a Celtic name of the god Mogons (compare Gaulish Moguntia), from Proto-Celtic *mogonts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɔ.ɡɔn.tiˈaː.kũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mo.ɡon.t͡siˈaː.kum] === Proper noun === Mogontiācum n sg (genitive Mogontiācī); second declension Mainz (a city in modern Germany) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Mogontiacum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Mogontiacum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.