Augusta Emerita

From Augusta (“imperial majesty; the name of several towns”) and emeritus.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈɡʊs.ta ɛˈmɛ.rɪ.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈɡus.t̪a eˈmɛː.ri.t̪a]

Augusta Emerita f sg (genitive Augustae Emeritae); first declension

1. The chief city of Lusitania, now Mérida

First-declension noun with a first-declension adjective, with locative, singular only.

• “Augusta Emerita”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Emerita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.