burgravius
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- burggrāvius, burcgrāvius, burchgrāvius, burggrāfius, borchgrāvius, burkgrāvius, burgraffius, burgrāphius
Etymology
[edit]From the Old High German *burggrāvo (attested as the Middle High German burcgrâve), from burg (“castle”, “city”) + grāfio (“ruler”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /burˈɡraː.u̯i.us/, [bʊrˈɡräːu̯iʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /burˈɡra.vi.us/, [burˈɡräːvius]
Noun
[edit]burgrāvius m (genitive burgrāviī or burgrāvī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) burgrave, burggrave [12th C.]
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | burgrāvius | burgrāviī |
| genitive | burgrāviī burgrāvī1 |
burgrāviōrum |
| dative | burgrāviō | burgrāviīs |
| accusative | burgrāvium | burgrāviōs |
| ablative | burgrāviō | burgrāviīs |
| vocative | burgrāvie | burgrāviī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Synonyms
[edit]- (burgrave, burggrave): burgicomes (Mediaeval)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Italian: burgravio
References
[edit]- BURGGRAVIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “burchgravius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 107/2
- burggrafius in Ramminger, Johann (2009 September 30 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016