Rigomagus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *Rigomagos, from *rīx (“king”) +‎ *magos (“field”).

Proper noun

Rigomagus m sg (genitive Rigomagī); second declension

1. A town of Germania on the Rhine, now Remagen
2. A town in Cisalpine Gaul

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Rigomagus
genitive	Rigomagī
dative	Rigomagō
accusative	Rigomagum
ablative	Rigomagō
vocative	Rigomage
locative	Rigomagī

Descendants

• → Old High German: Rigimago
  • Middle High German: Regemage, Riemage, Rigemage
    • Central Franconian: Remage
    • German: Remagen
      • → English: Remagen

References

• “Rigomagus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Rigomagus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.