proper noun · neutersecond declension
Ultraiectum
Ultraiectum n sg (genitive Ultraiectī)
Ecclesiastical[ul.traˈjɛk.tum]
Meaning
- Medieval LatinNew LatinneutersingularUtrecht (a city and municipality, the capital of Utrecht province, Netherlands)
Anno Domini MCXXV. feria quinta post Pentecosten in Ultrajecto Henricus imperator moritur […]
In the year of the lord 1125, on the Thursday after Pentecost, Emperor Henry died in Utrecht […]1688, Heinrich Meibom, Rerum Germanicarum Libri III, page 383:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Ultraiectum | — |
| genitive | Ultraiectī | — |
| dative | Ultraiectō | — |
| accusative | Ultraiectum | — |
| ablative | Ultraiectō | — |
| vocative | Ultraiectum | — |
| locative | Ultraiectī | — |
Origins
Blend of ultra (“beyond”), a phonetic Latinisation of Old Dutch ūt (“out”) + Traiectum, the name of the ancient Roman fort at the city, from traiectus (“crossing”). See Dutch Utrecht.