Noviomagus

Latin

Etymology

From Celtic, meaning “new field” or “new market”, from Proto-Celtic *nouyos +‎ *magos (“field”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Noviomagus m sg (genitive Noviomagī); second declension

  1. 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.

Case Singular
Nominative Noviomagus
Genitive Noviomagī
Dative Noviomagō
Accusative Noviomagum
Ablative Noviomagō
Vocative Noviomage
Locative Noviomagī

Derived terms

  • Noviomagus Reginorum (“Chichester, England”)
  • Noviomagus Cantiacorum (“Kent, England”)
  • Noviomagus Lexoviorum (“Liseux, France”)
  • Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum (“Nijmegen, the Netherlands”)
  • Noviomagus Veromanduorum (“Noyon, France”)
  • Noviomagus Nemetum (“Speyer, Germany”)
  • Noviomagus Trevirorum (“Neumagen-Dhron, Germany”)
  • Noviomagus Tricastinorum (“Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France”)

Descendants

  • Dutch: Nijmegen
  • French: Noyon
  • 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.
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