Latin

Alternative forms

• burggrāvius, burcgrāvius, burchgrāvius, burggrāfius, borchgrāvius, burkgrāvius, burgraffius, burgrāphius

Noun

burgrāvius m ‎(genitive burgrāviī or burgrāvī); second declension

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

Declension

Second declension.

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Synonyms

• (burgrave, burggrave): burgicomes (Mediaeval)

Derived terms

• burgrāviātus

Descendants

• ?Italian: burgravio

References

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