"augustus" meaning in Latin

See augustus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /au̯ˈɡus.tus/ [Classical-Latin], [äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /au̯ˈɡus.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [äu̯ˈɡust̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *augostos (“amplified, increased, augmented, strengthened”), from *augos (“an increase, augmentation”) + *-tos, an old neuter s-stem formed to the root of Latin augeō (“I increase, enlarge”). Its descendant appears in Classical Latin as augur, auguris with shifted gender/sense ("augur") and levelling of the -r-. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|der|ine-pro>*h₂ewg->increase|id=august}}, {{inh|la|itc-pro|*augostos||amplified, increased, augmented, strengthened}} Proto-Italic *augostos (“amplified, increased, augmented, strengthened”), {{suffix|itc-pro|*augos|*-tos|nocat=1|t1=an increase, augmentation}} *augos (“an increase, augmentation”) + *-tos Head templates: {{la-adj|augustus|comp=augustior|sup=augustissimus}} augustus (feminine augusta, neuter augustum, comparative augustior, superlative augustissimus); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|augustus}} Forms: augusta [feminine], augustum [neuter], augustior [comparative], augustissimus [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], augustus [masculine, nominative, singular], augusta [feminine, nominative, singular], augustum [neuter, nominative, singular], augustī [masculine, nominative, singular], augustae [feminine, nominative, plural], augusta [neuter, nominative, plural], augustī [genitive, masculine, singular], augustae [feminine, genitive, singular], augustī [genitive, neuter, singular], augustōrum [genitive, masculine, singular], augustārum [feminine, genitive, plural], augustōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], augustō [dative, masculine, singular], augustae [dative, feminine, singular], augustō [dative, neuter, singular], augustīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter], augustum [accusative, masculine, singular], augustam [accusative, feminine, singular], augustum [accusative, neuter, singular], augustōs [accusative, masculine, singular], augustās [accusative, feminine, plural], augusta [accusative, neuter, plural], augustō [ablative, masculine, singular], augustā [ablative, feminine, singular], augustō [ablative, neuter, singular], augustīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter], auguste [masculine, singular, vocative], augusta [feminine, singular, vocative], augustum [neuter, singular, vocative], augustī [masculine, singular, vocative], augustae [feminine, plural, vocative], augusta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. august, solemn, majestic, venerable Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-augustus-la-adj-PT6LsLQc Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -tus (adjective), Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tus (adjective): 73 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 61 39 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 39
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Augustus Tags: adjective, alt-of, declension-1, declension-2 Alternative form of: Augustus
    Sense id: en-augustus-la-adj-vodu0AUD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Augusta, augustālis, augustāneus, augustēum, augustēus, Augustus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Augusta"
    },
    {
      "word": "augustālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "augustāneus"
    },
    {
      "word": "augustēum"
    },
    {
      "word": "augustēus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Augustus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "august, solemn, majestic, venerable"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "august",
          "august"
        ],
        [
          "solemn",
          "solemn"
        ],
        [
          "majestic",
          "majestic"
        ],
        [
          "venerable",
          "venerable"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "Augustus"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative letter-case form of Augustus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Augustus",
          "Augustus#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "alt-of",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/au̯ˈɡus.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/au̯ˈɡus.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[äu̯ˈɡust̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Augustus (honorific)",
    "morphological leveling"
  ],
  "word": "augustus"
}

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