burgravius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Old High German *burggrāvo (attested as the Middle High German burcgrâve), from burg (“castle”, “city”) + grāfio (“ruler”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /burˈɡraː.wi.us/, [bʊrˈɡraː.wi.ʊs]

Noun

burgrāvius m (genitive burgrāviī or burgrāvī); second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) burgrave, burggrave [12th C.]

Declension

Second declension.

Case 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
  • (burgrave, burggrave): burgicomes (Mediaeval)

Derived terms
  • burgrāviātus

Descendants

References
  • BURGGRAVIUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “burchgravius”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 107/2
  • burggrafius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 30.09.09) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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