Latin proper noun
Augustus
Augustus, Augustī m.
Augustus is a Latin proper noun. In the 3 analysed lines it was read in, it means “Augustus” (2 times) and “of Augustus” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from Augustus to the words it goes with.
…potentia cito in Caesarem, Lepidi atque Antonii arma in Augustum cessere, qui cuncta discordiis civilibus fessa nomine principis sub…
And the power of Pompey and Crassus quickly passed to Caesar, and the arms of Lepidus and Antony passed to Augustus, who received all things exhausted by civil discords under his rule under the name of princeps.
Augustum: object of the preposition in; the phrase goes with cessere.
temporibusque Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia, donec gliscente adulatione deterrerentur.
And for telling of the times of Augustus, fitting talents were not lacking, until they were deterred by growing flattery.
Augusti: goes with temporibusque (“of …”).
Inde consilium mihi pauca de Augusto et extrema tradere, mox Tiberii principatum et cetera, sine ira et studio, quorum causas procul habeo.
Then it is my plan to relate a few things about Augustus and his final acts, and then Tiberius's principate and the rest, without anger and partisanship, the causes of which I keep far away.
Augusto: goes with pauca.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| Augusti | Genitive · Singular · Masculine | 1 |
| Augusto | Ablative · Singular · Masculine | 1 |
| Augustum | Accusative · Singular · Masculine | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to Augustus by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the genitiveThe Latin genitive ties one noun to another, where English says “of” or adds ’s. Its uses and endings, with real lines from the story of Perseus and Genesis.
- About the ablativeThe Latin ablative says by what, with what, from where and in what respect. Its main uses and endings, with real lines from Caesar, Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.