Mogontiacum

Latin

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From a Celtic name of the god Mogons (compare Gaulish Moguntia[1]), from Proto-Celtic *mogonts, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.[2]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /mo.ɡon.tiˈaː.kum/, [mɔɡɔn̪t̪iˈäːkʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.ɡon.t͡siˈa.kum/, [moɡont̪͡s̪iˈäːkum]

Proper noun

Mogontiācum n sg (genitive Mogontiācī); second declension

Mainz (a city in modern Germany)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mogontiācum
Genitive	Mogontiācī
Dative	Mogontiācō
Accusative	Mogontiācum
Ablative	Mogontiācō
Vocative	Mogontiācum
Locative	Mogontiācī

Descendants

Descendants

Aragonese: Maganza
Catalan: Magúncia
Czech: Mohuč
French: Mayence
- Esperanto: Majenco
- Japanese: マイエンス (Maiensu)
- Occitan: Maiança
Old Norse: Meginzuborg
Old High German: Maginza, Meginza
- Middle High German: Megenze, Meinze
  - German: Mainz
    - English: Mainz
  - Rhine Franconian: Määnz, Meenz
    - Pennsylvania German: Meenz
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.

Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*mogu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 274
Koch, J.T. (2005:1300) Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia ABC-CLIO Ltd

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