From Latin Augustus , from augustus ( “ majestic, venerable ” ) . Doublet of august and August .
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Augustus ī, m Source etymology: 1 Augustus , a cognomen given to Octavius Caesar as emperor, his majesty. —Hence, As adj., of Augustus, of the emperor, imperial: caput, O.: mensis, the month of August (Sextilis), Iu.
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augustus adj. with comp. and sup. Source etymology: augeo , consecrated, sacred, reverend: Eleusis: fons.—Venerable, majestic, magnificent, noble: templa, L.: moenia, V.: mens, O.: formam augustiorem, L.: vir, L.: august
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Augustus
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Inherited from Dutch augustus .
From augustus ( “ majestic, venerable ” ) , originally a word of religious use, which was given as a title to the emperor Augustus . The month Sextīlis was renamed after the emperor Caesar Augustus .
Ellipsis of Augustus ( mēnsis ), ( mēnsis ) Augustus ( “ month of August ” ) .
From Latin Augustus .
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