# Augustus
## English
### Etymology

From Latin Augustus, from augustus (“majestic, venerable”). Doublet of august.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: ô-gŭsʹtəs, IPA: /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/, /əˈɡʌstəs/
* Hyphenation: Au‧gus‧tus

### Proper noun

Augustus
* The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C.E. – 14 C.E.); heir to Julius Caesar
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 2:1:And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
* A male given name from Latin, risen in popularity since the 18th century.

#### Synonyms

* (Emperor Augustus): Octavian, Octavius

#### Derived terms

* Augustan
* female given name: Augusta
* male given names: August, Augustine, pet form: Gus
* Fort Augustus
* Pax Augusta

#### Translations
## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Augustus (plural Augustusmaande)
* August

#### See also

* Januarie
* Februarie
* Maart
* April
* Mei
* Junie
* Julie
* Augustus
* September
* Oktober
* November
* Desember

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* AUG, AUGG, AUGGG

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /au̯ˈɡus.tus/, [äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ʊs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /au̯ˈɡus.tus/, [äu̯ˈɡust̪us]

### Etymology 1

From augustus (“majestic, venerable”), originally a word of religious use, which was given as a title to the emperor Augustus. The month Sextīlis was renamed after the emperor Caesar Augustus.

#### Proper noun

Augustus m (genitive Augustī); second declension
* Augustus; a Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
* Augustus, the Roman emperor

##### Declension

Second-declension noun.

##### Related terms

* Augusta
* augustālis
* augustāneus
* augustēum
* augustēus
* Augustinus
* augustus

##### Descendants

* → Catalan: August
* → Danish: August
** Greenlandic: Aggu
* → English: Augustus, August (given name)
* → Estonian: August
* → Faroese: August
* → Finnish: Aukusti
* → French: Auguste
* → German: August
* → Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (agustus)
* → Italian: Augusto
* → Latvian: Augusts
* → Norwegian: August
* → Portuguese: Augusto
* → Spanish: Augusto
* → Swedish: August
** → Finnish: August

#### Adjective

Augustus (feminine Augusta, neuter Augustum); first/second-declension adjective
* Augustan (pertaining to the Emperor Augustus)
* imperial, royal
* of August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar
    Synonym: Sextīlis

##### Usage notes

* In Latin, the month names are used as adjectives. In the Classical period, this adjective modifies a noun identifying a particular day, from which the date was reckoned. In Medieval Latin and later periods, the adjective modifies a numeral for the day of the month.

### Etymology 2

Ellipsis of Augustus mēnsis m or mēnsis Augustus m (“Augustan month, month of August”).

#### Proper noun

Augustus m (genitive Augustī); second declension
* August, the sixth month of the Roman calendar

##### Descendants

* Latin: agustus (see there for further descendants)

###### Unsorted borrowings

These borrowings are ultimately but perhaps not directly from Latin. They are organized into geographical and language family groups, not by etymology.
* Africa
** Northern and Horn
*** Amharic: ኦገስት (ʾogäst)
*** Kabyle: ɣuct
** Subsaharan
*** Ewe: August
*** Kongo: auti
*** Lingala: augústo
*** Malagasy: Aogositra
*** Tumbuka: ogasiti
*** Zulu: u-Agasti
* Americas
** Greenlandic: aggusti
** Inuktitut: ᐋᒡᒋᓯ (aaccisi)
* Asia and Oceania
** Central and Western Asia
*** Arabic: أَغُسْطُسْ (ʔaḡusṭus)
*** Crimean Tatar: avgustos
*** Georgian: აგვისტო (agvisṭo)
**** → Bats: აგვისტო̂ (agvisṭô)
**** → Mingrelian: არგუსო (arguso)
**** → Svan: აგუ̂ისტო (agûisṭo)
*** Turkish: ağustos
*** Uyghur: ئاۋغۇست (awghust)
*** Zazaki: ağustos
** South Asia
*** Assamese: আগষ্ট (agosto)
*** Bengali: অগাস্ট (ogasṭ)
*** Brahui: Agast
*** Dhivehi: އޮގަސްޓު (ogasṭu)
*** Kannada: ಆಗಸ್ಟ್ (āgasṭ)
*** Marathi: ऑगस्ट (ŏgasṭa)
*** Odia: ଅଗଷ୍ଟ (agashṭa)
*** Pashto: اګست (ágəst)
*** Sinhalese: අගෝස්තු (agōstu)
*** Tamil: ஆகஸ்டு (ākasṭu)
*** Telugu: ఆగస్టు (āgasṭu)
** Southeast Asia and Oceania
*** Balinese: Agustus
*** Banjarese: Agustus
*** Fijian: Okosita
*** Gilbertese: Aokati
*** Gorontalo: Agustus
*** Javanese: Agustus
*** Marshallese: O̧kwōj
*** Minangkabau: Agustus
*** Samoan: aokuso
*** Sundanese: august
*** Tahitian: ʻatete
* Europe
** → Ancient Greek: Αὔγουστος (Aúgoustos)
*** Byzantine Greek: Αὔγουστος (Aúgoustos)
**** Greek: Αύγουστος (Ávgoustos) (see there for further descendants)
**** Pontic Greek: Αύγουστος (Ávgoustos), Άγουστος (Ágoustos), Αύγοστος (Ávgostos), Άγοστος (Ágostos)
**** → Old East Slavic: авъгустъ (avŭgustŭ)
***** Russian: август (avgust) (see there for further descendants)
*** → Aghwan: 𐔰𐕡𐔲𐕒𐕡𐕚𐕜𐕒𐕚 (awgusṭos)
*** → Coptic: ⲁⲩⲅⲟⲩⲥⲧⲟⲥ (augoustos)
*** → Old Armenian: օգոստոս (ōgostos), Օգոստոս (Ōgostos)
** Basque: abuztu
** Hungarian: augusztus
** Baltic
*** Latvian: augusts
*** Livonian: ougust
*** Old Prussian: August
** Germanic
*** Bavarian: August
*** Central Franconian: Aujuss
*** Cimbrian: agòsten
*** Danish: august
*** Dutch: augustus
**** Afrikaans: Augustus
**** Negerhollands: august
**** →? Caribbean Hindustani: agast
**** → Caribbean Javanese: agustus
**** → Indonesian: Agustus
**** → Papiamentu: ougùstùs
**** → Sranan Tongo: augustus
**** → Trió: ahkëtë
*** Faroese: august
*** German: August
**** → Estonian: august
**** → Hunsrik: August
**** → Kashubian: agùst
**** → Lower Sorbian: awgust
**** → Luxembourgish: August
**** → Slovincian: aughúst
**** → Upper Sorbian: awgust
*** German Low German: August
*** Icelandic: ágúst
*** Limburgish: egóstös
*** Middle Dutch: ogest
**** Dutch: oogst
**** Limburgish: ougs
*** North Frisian: august
*** Mòcheno: agst
*** Norwegian: august
*** Old High German: ougusto, agusto
**** Middle High German: ougeste, ougste, oust, ouwest, owest
***** Alemannic German: Ougschte, Ouguscht
***** Central Franconian:
****** Hunsrik: Aagust
*** Pennsylvania German: Auguscht
*** Saterland Frisian: August
*** Swedish: augusti
*** West Flemish: ogustus
*** West Frisian: augustus
*** Yiddish: אויגוסט (oygust)
** Romance
*** Asturian: augustu
*** Catalan: august
*** French: auguste
*** Galician: augusto
*** Italian: augusto
*** Portuguese: augusto
*** Romanian: august
*** Spanish: augusto
** Slavic
*** Bulgarian: а́вгуст (ávgust)
*** Lower Sorbian: awgust
*** Macedonian: август (avgust)
*** Carpathian Rusyn: авґуст (avgust)
*** Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: август, аугуст
    Latin script: avgust, august
*** Slovak: august
*** Slovene: avgúst
*** Upper Sorbian: awgust

#### See also

* augustus
* Calendarium Romanum on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{la}$

### References

* “Augustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “Augustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Augustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Old English
### Alternative forms

* Agustus

### Etymology

From Latin Augustus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑ.u.ɡus.tus/, [ˈɑ.u.ɣus.tus]

### Proper noun

Augustus m
* the Roman emperor Augustus
* the month of August

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### See also

* Gregorian calendar months: mōnaþeditIanuariusFebruariusMartiusAprēlisMaiusIuniusgiululingAugustus, AgustusSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember

### References

* Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Augustus”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.