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Augustus
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augustus
English
Etymology
From en la Augustus, from la augustus majestic, venerable. en august August.
Pronunciation
ô-gŭsʹtəs, en /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/ /əˈɡʌstəs/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Augustus.wav Southern England
en Au gus tus
Proper noun
en male Latin, particularly en historical the Roman emperor Augustus.
Luke 2 1 And it came to pae in thoe dayes, that there went out a decree from Cear Augutus, that all the world hould be taxed.
Usage notes
The given name has risen in popularity in English since the 18th century. When distinguished from his birth name en Gaius en Octavius or its later modification en Octavian, Augustus is typically used to refer to the Roman emperor for the period of his life after that honorific was specifically bestowed by the Senate in 27BC.
Synonyms
Emperor Augustus en Octavian, en Octavius
Derived terms
en Augie August Augusta Augustan Augustine Fort Augustus Gus Gussie Pax Augusta
Translations
Roman emperor
Arabic: ar أَغُسْطُس m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܵܓ݂ܘܼܣܛܘܿܣ
Armenian: hy Օգոստոս
Bengali: bn ঔগস্টস m
Bulgarian: bg А́вгуст m
Catalan: ca August m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 奧古斯都 ou3 gu2 si1 dou1
Hakka: hak 奧古斯都 o-kú-sṳ̂-tû
Mandarin: cmn 奧古斯都 Àogǔsīdū
Coptic: cop ⲁⲩⲅⲟⲩⲥⲧⲟⲥ
Danish: da Augustus
Dutch: nl Augustus
Esperanto: eo Aŭgusto
Estonian: et Augustus
Finnish: fi Augustus
French: fr Auguste m
German: de Augustus m
Alemannic German: gsw Augustus m
Greek: el Αύγουστος m
Ancient Greek: grc Σεβαστός m, grc Αὔγουστος m
Haitian Creole: ht Ogis
Hungarian: hu Augustus
Irish: ga Ágastas
Italian: it Augusto m
Japanese: ja アウグストゥス Augusutusu, ja アウグスツス Augusutsusu
Korean: ko ^아우구스투스
Latin: la Augustus m
Luxembourgish: lb Augustus m
Marathi: mr ऑगस्टस
Portuguese: pt Augusto m
Romanian: ro Augustus m
Russian: ru А́вгуст m
Spanish: es Augusto m
male given name
Bulgarian: bg А́вгуст m
Catalan: ca August m
Danish: da August
Faroese: fo Aggusteinis m
Finnish: fi Aukusti
French: fr Auguste m
German: de August m, de Augustus
Greenlandic: kl Augo
Hungarian: hu Ágost
Italian: it Augusto m
Latvian: lv Augusts m
Marathi: mr ऑगस्टस m
Norwegian: no August
Polish: pl August m
Portuguese: pt Augusto m
Spanish: es Augusto m
Swedish: sv August
en eponyms
en Individuals Roman Empire
Afrikaans
af:
Etymology
af month :inh nl:augustus
af nl augustus.
Pronunciation
af LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-Augustus.wav
Noun
Augustusmaande af check plural
August
See also
Latin
Alternative forms
la AUG, la AUGG, la AUGGG
Pronunciation
yes
Etymology 1
la:+ (imperator)
thumb|The Roman emperor Augustus, b. 23 September 63 BC, d. 19 August 14 AD
la emperor :from augustus 1
From la augustus majestic, venerable, originally a word of religious use, which was given as a title to the emperor Augustus. The month la Sextīlis was renamed after the emperor Caesar Augustus.
Proper noun
Augustus<2.both>
la emperor Augustus; a Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
Augustus, the Roman emperor
la LVCAS II:1 Per id tempus dēcrētō prōmulgātum est ab Augustō Caesare, ut cēnsērētur tōtus orbis,...
Declension
Augustus<2.sg>
Related terms
la Augusta augustālis augustāneus augustēus augustēum Augustinus augustus
Descendants
2 desc
ca August 1
da August 1
kl Aggu
1 en Augustus August given name
et August 1
fo August 1
fi Aukusti 1
fr Auguste 1
de August 1
got 𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 1
it Augusto 1
lv Augusts 1
no August 1
pt Augusto 1
scn Augustu 1
es Augusto 1
sv August 1
fi August 1
Adjective
Augustus
la adjective Augustan (pertaining to the Emperor Augustus)
imperial, royal
of August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar
la Sextīlis
Usage notes
In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.
Etymology 2
la:
la month :ellipsis Augustus (mēnsis), (mēnsis) Augustus<t:month of August><ety:der<Augustus<id:emperor>>> 1 +
Proper noun
Augustus<2.both>
la eighth month August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar
Descendants
la agustus
Unsorted borrowings
These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology.
Africa
Northern and Horn
am ኦገስት
kab ɣuct
Subsaharan
ee August
kg auti
ln augústo
mg Aogositra
tum ogasiti
zu u-Agasti
Americas
kl aggusti
iu ᐋᒡᒋᓯ
Asia and Oceania
Central and Western Asia
ar أَغُسْطُسْ
crh avgustos
ka აგვისტო
tr ağustos
ug ئاۋغۇست
zza ağustos
South Asia
as আগষ্ট
bn অগাস্ট
brh Agast
dv އޮގަސްޓު
kn ಆಗಸ್ಟ್
mr ऑगस्ट
or ଅଗଷ୍ଟ
ps اګست ágəst
si අගෝස්තු
ta ஆகஸ்டு
te ఆగస్టు
Southeast Asia and Oceania
ban Agustus
bjn Agustus
fj Okosita
gil Aokati
gor Agustus
jv Agustus
mh O̧kwōj
min Agustus
sm aokuso
su august
ty ʻatete
Europe
grc Αὔγουστος 1
eu abuztu
hu augusztus
Baltic
lv augusts
liv ougust
prg August
Celtic
cel-bry-pro *aɣust 1
br Eost
cnx Est
kw Est
wlm Awst
cy Awst
Germanic
bar August
gmw-cfr Aujuss
cim agòsten
da august
nl augustus
fo august
de August
nds-de August
is ágúst
li egóstös
dum ogest
nl oogst
li ougs
frr august
mhn agst
no - nb august
goh ougusto
pdc Auguscht
stq August
sv augusti
vls ogustus
fy augustus
yi אויגוסט
Romance
ast augustu
ca august
fr auguste
gl augusto
it augusto
pt augusto
ro august
es augusto
Slavic
bg а́вгуст
dsb awgust
mk август
rue авґуст
sh -
sh август 1, sh аугуст
sh avgust 1, sh august
sk august
sl avgúst
hsb awgust
See also
la augustus
Calendarium Romanum la
References
la agnomina
la Individuals Months
Old English
Alternative forms
ang Agustus
Etymology
ang :der la:Augustus<id:eighth month>
From ang la Augustus.
Pronunciation
Augustus
Proper noun
m
the Roman emperor Augustus
the month of August
Declension
Augustus sg
See also
References
Augustus 002609
ang Individuals
ang Months