augustus

== Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Augustus. Doublet of oogst. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑu̯ˈɣʏs.tʏs/, /ɑu̯ˈɣʏs.təs/ Hyphenation: au‧gus‧tus === Noun === augustus m (plural augustussen, no diminutive) August (month) Synonym: (archaic) oogstmaand ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: Augustus Negerhollands: august →? Caribbean Hindustani: agast → Caribbean Javanese: agustus → Indonesian: Agustus → Papiamentu: ougùstùs → Sranan Tongo: augustus → Trió: ahkëtë === See also === == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *augostos (“amplified, increased, augmented, strengthened”), from *augos (“an increase, augmentation”) +‎ *-tos, an old neuter s-stem formed to the root of Latin augeō (“I increase, enlarge”). Its descendant appears in Classical Latin as augur, auguris with shifted gender/sense ("augur") and levelling of the -r-. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈɡʊs.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈɡus.tus] === Adjective === augustus (feminine augusta, neuter augustum, comparative augustior, superlative augustissimus); first/second-declension adjective august, solemn, majestic, venerable alternative letter-case form of Augustus ==== Usage notes ==== Originally a word of religious use, but given as a title to the emperor Augustus. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Related terms ==== === See also === Augustus === References === === Further reading === “augustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “augustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "augustus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “augustus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “augustus”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎[1] “augustus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “augustus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “augustus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Latvian == === Noun === augustus m accusative plural of augusts == Limburgish == === Alternative forms === Augustus, augustes (alternative spellings) auguustus (Valkenburg) Juss (Krefeld) Augusst, Ogusst (Eupen) === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin augustus (“month of August”). Doublet of ougs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑu̯ˈɣʏs.tʏs/, /ɑu̯ˈɣʏs.təs/ IPA(key): (Maastrichtian) [ɔʋˈɣʏs.təs] Hyphenation: au‧gus‧tus Rhymes: -ʏstʏs, -ʏstəs === Noun === augustus August (month) == West Frisian == === Etymology === From Latin augustus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɔu̯ˈɡøstəs/ === Noun === augustus c (plural augustussen) August Synonym: rispmoanne ==== Further reading ==== “augustus”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011