Latin

Proper noun

Noviomagus m ‎(genitive Noviomagī); second declension

1. One of a number of place names throughout the Roman empire. Although most of these places had longer names, the name Noviomagus was often used as a shorthand.

Inflection

Second declension, with locative.

Derived terms

• Noviomagus Reginorum ‎(“Chichester, England”)
• Noviomagus Cantiacorum ‎(“Kent, England”)
• Noviomagus Lexoviorum ‎(“Liseux, France”)
• Ulpia Noviomagus Batavorum ‎(“Nijmegen, the Netherlands”)
• Noviomagus Veromanduorum ‎(“Noyon, France”)
• Noviomagus Nemetum ‎(“Speyer, Germany”)
• Noviomagus Trevirorum ‎(“Neumagen-Dhron, Germany”)
• Noviomagus Tricastinorum ‎(“Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France”)

Descendants

• Dutch: Nijmegen
• French: Noyon
• German: Neumagen

References

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