Nemausus

English

Etymology

From Latin Nemausus.

Proper noun

Nemausus

1. (Celtic mythology) The patron god of Nîmes during Roman times.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Nemausum

Etymology

From Gaulish *nemo, named after a local deity and its sanctuary. The name could ultimately be from Proto-Celtic *nemos (“heaven, sky”) or from a hydronym related to the river Neman.

Maison Carrée

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /neˈmau̯.sus/, [nɛˈmäu̯s̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /neˈmau̯.sus/, [neˈmäːu̯sus]

Proper noun

Nemausus f sg (genitive Nemausī); second declension

1. A city in Gallia Narbonensis, now Nîmes

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nemausus
genitive	Nemausī
dative	Nemausō
accusative	Nemausum
ablative	Nemausō
vocative	Nemause
locative	Nemausī

Derived terms

• Nemausēnsis, Nemausēnsēs, Nemausiēnsis

Descendants

• Middle French: Nismes
  • French: Nîmes
    • English: Nîmes, denim

References

• “Nĕmausum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Nemausus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Green, Miranda (1997) Dictionary of Celtic Myth and Legend. London: Thames and Hudson Ltd.
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
• Pėteraitis, Villius (1992): Mažoji Lietuva ir Tvanksta: prabaltų, pralietuvių ir lietuvininkų laikais : daugiau kaip 4000 metų nenutrūkstamos baltiškosios vandenvardinės kultūros raida