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augustus.

august, solemn, majestic, venerable

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[au̯ˈɡʊs.tʊs]Classical-Latin[au̯ˈɡus.tus]
  1. august, solemn, majestic, venerable

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
  2. alternative letter-case form of Augustus

    adjective · alt-of · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwgos Proto-Italic *augos Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Proto-Italic *augostos Latin augustus 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 (“to increase, enlarge”). Its descendant appears in Classical Latin as augur, auguris with shifted gender/sense ("augur") and levelling of the -r-.

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