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burgus
burgus
Latin
Noun
burgus m (genitive burgī); second declension
- (medieval, originally) A fort; a fortress.
- (medieval, generally) A fortified town; a walled town.
- (medieval) A borough: a town specially incorporated and with special rights.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | burgus | burgī |
| genitive | burgī | burgōrum |
| dative | burgō | burgīs |
| accusative | burgum | burgōs |
| ablative | burgō | burgīs |
| vocative | burge | burgī |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
burgus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- BURGUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “burgus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.