Mogontiacum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Mogontiacus, Moguntiacum
• Magontiacum (doubtful in Classical Latin)
• Maguntia (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From a Celtic name of the god Mogons (compare Gaulish Moguntia), from Proto-Celtic *mogonts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mo.ɡon.tiˈaː.kum/, [mɔɡɔn̪t̪iˈäːkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.ɡon.t͡siˈa.kum/, [moɡont̪͡s̪iˈäːkum]

Proper noun

Mogontiācum n sg (genitive Mogontiācī); second declension

1. Mainz (a city in modern Germany)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mogontiācum
Genitive	Mogontiācī
Dative	Mogontiācō
Accusative	Mogontiācum
Ablative	Mogontiācō
Vocative	Mogontiācum
Locative	Mogontiācī

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
  • Middle High German: Megenze, Meinze
    • German: Mainz
      • English: Mainz
    • Rhine Franconian: Määnz, Meenz
      • Pennsylvania German: Meenz
• 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.