Noviomagus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Celtic, meaning “new field” or “new market”, from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos +‎ *magos (“field”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɔ.wiˈɔ.ma.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [no.viˈɔː.ma.ɡus] === Proper noun === Noviomagus f sg (genitive Noviomagī); second declension One of a number of place names throughout the Roman empire. Although most of these places had longer names, the name Noviomagus was often used as a shorthand. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== French: Noyon → Dutch: Nijmegen → German: Neumagen === References === “Noviomagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Noviomagus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.