augustus

1. 1.

   Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)

   SynonymsGaius OctavianusGaius Julius Caesar OctavianusOctavian

   BroaderstatesmanRoman Emperor

Other forms of augustus

plural

augustuses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about augustus

What does augustus mean?

augustus means "Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14)".

How many syllables are in augustus?

augustus has 3 syllables: au-gus-tus. The stress falls on "gus". In IPA it is /ɑˈɡʌstəs/.

What is another word for augustus?

Close synonyms include Gaius Octavianus, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Octavian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is augustus a common word?

augustus is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.