Novesium

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Novaesium === Etymology === Unclear, but probably of Celtic origin. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɔˈweː.si.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [noˈvɛː.s̬i.um] === Proper noun === Novēsium n sg (genitive Novēsiī or Novēsī); second declension a town on the Rhine, now Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== Old High German: Nuiss German: Neuss === References === “Novesium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Novesium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly