Mogontiacum
Latin
Alternative forms
- Mogontiacus, Moguntiacum
- Magontiacum (doubtful in Classical Latin)
- Maguntia (medieval)
Etymology
From a Celtic name of the god Mogons (compare Gaulish Moguntia[1]), from Proto-Celtic *mogonts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.[2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mo.ɡonˈti.a.kum/, [mɔɡɔn̪ˈt̪iäkʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mo.ɡonˈt͡si.a.kum/, [moɡonˈt̪͡s̪iːäkum]
Proper noun
Mogontiacum n sg (genitive Mogontiacī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Mogontiacum |
| Genitive | Mogontiacī |
| Dative | Mogontiacō |
| Accusative | Mogontiacum |
| Ablative | Mogontiacō |
| Vocative | Mogontiacum |
| Locative | Mogontiacī |
Descendants
Descendants
- Aragonese: Maganza
- Catalan: Magúncia
- Czech: Mohuč
- French: Mayence
- Esperanto: Majenco
- Japanese: マイエンス (Maiensu)
- Occitan: Maiança
- Old Norse: Meginzuborg
- Old High German: Maginza, Meginza
- Greek: Μαγεντία (Magentía)
- Italian: Magonza
- Limburgish: Meind
- Polish: Moguncja
- Portuguese: Mogúncia
- Spanish: Maguncia
References
- “Mogontiacum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Mogontiacum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*mogu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
- Koch, J.T. (2005:1300) Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia ABC-CLIO Ltd
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