Augustonemetum

Latin

Etymology

The Roman conquest of the city combined the name of emperor Augustus with the city's original Celtic/Gaulish name, Proto-Celtic *nemetom (“sanctuary, holy place”), from *nemos (“heaven, sky”). Together, they mean "sanctuary of Augustus".

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯.ɡus.toˈne.me.tum/, [äu̯ɡʊs̠t̪ɔˈnɛmɛt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯.ɡus.toˈne.me.tum/, [äu̯ɡust̪oˈnɛːmet̪um]

Proper noun

Augustonemetum n sg (genitive Augustonemetī); second declension

A town of the Arverni in Aquitania, now Clermont-Ferrand

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Augustonemetum
genitive	Augustonemetī
dative	Augustonemetō
accusative	Augustonemetum
ablative	Augustonemetō
vocative	Augustonemetum
locative	Augustonemetī

References

Augustonemetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Augustonemetum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
The Celtic Origin of a Great Part of the Greek and Latin Languages,: And of Many Classical Proper Names, Proved by a Comparison of Greek and Latin with the Gaelic Language Or the Celtic of Scotland, p. 58