Mogontiacum

Latin

Alternative forms

Mogontiacus
Moguntiacum
Magontiacum (doubtful in Classical Latin)
Maguntia (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From a Celtic name of the god Mogons.

Proper noun

Mogontiacum n (genitive Mogontiacī); second declension

Mainz (city in modern Germany)

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
nominative	Mogontiacum
genitive	Mogontiacī
dative	Mogontiacō
accusative	Mogontiacum
ablative	Mogontiacō
vocative	Mogontiacum
locative	Mogontiacī

Descendants

Descendants

Aragonese: Maganza
Catalan: Magúncia
Czech: Mohuč
French: Mayence
- Esperanto: Majenco
- Japanese: マイエンス (Maiensu)
- Occitan: Maiança
Old Norse: Meginzuborg

German: Mainz
- Pennsylvania German: Meenz
- Rhine Franconian: Määnz, Meenz
- English: Mainz
Greek: Μαγεντία (Magentía)
Italian: Magonza
Limburgish: Meind
Polish: Moguncja
Portuguese: Mogúncia
Spanish: Maguncia

References

Mogontiacum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Mogontiacum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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