Noviomagus

Latin

Etymology

From Celtic, meaning “new field” or “new market”, from Proto-Celtic *nouyos +‎ *magos (“field”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /no.u̯iˈo.ma.ɡus/, [nou̯iˈɔmäɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no.viˈo.ma.ɡus/, [noviˈɔːmäɡus]

Proper noun

Noviomagus f sg (genitive Noviomagī); second declension

1. One of a number of place names throughout the Roman empire. Although most of these places had longer names, the name Noviomagus was often used as a shorthand.

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Noviomagus
genitive	Noviomagī
dative	Noviomagō
accusative	Noviomagum
ablative	Noviomagō
vocative	Noviomage
locative	Noviomagī

Derived terms

• Noviomagus Reginorum (“Chichester, England”)
• Noviomagus Cantiacorum (“Kent, England”)
• Noviomagus Lexoviorum (“Liseux, France”)
• Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum (“Nijmegen, the Netherlands”)
• Noviomagus Veromanduorum (“Noyon, France”)
• Noviomagus Nemetum (“Speyer, Germany”)
• Noviomagus Trevirorum (“Neumagen-Dhron, Germany”)
• Noviomagus Tricastinorum (“Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France”)

Descendants

• Dutch: Nijmegen
• French: Noyon
• German: Neumagen

References

• “Noviomagus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Noviomagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.