Αὐγοῦστος, Ἀυγυστου, ὁ, Augustus (cf. English Majesty; see σεβαστός, 2), the surname of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, the first Roman emperor: Luk_2:1.

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Αὔγουστος , -ου , ὁ (Lat.), Augustus , the Roman Emperor: Luk_2:1 ( cf. Σεβαστός ; and v. MM , s.v. ).†

Αὔγουστος [page 91] Αὔγουστος is usually replaced by the translation Σεβαστός : it is well to remember that the title meant a great deal more than august, being connected essentially with the apotheosis of the Emperor. Since Σεβαστός enters into the style of every Emperor till Constantine (when in the papyri Αὔγουστος significantly replaces it), the original Latin word could be retained in an early writer (see per contra exx. from iv/A.D. below) as the personal name of Octavian : so Luk_2:1 against Act_25:21 ; Act_25:25 . The spelling Ἀγούστου in ΰ C*Δ represents a genuine Hellenistic pronunciation (see Proleg. p. 47); but in the case of this Latin word it is probably (so Prof. Thumb) conditioned by the influence of vulgar Latin : cf. Ital. agosto. Ἀ [γ ]ούστων occurs in P Lond 407 .21 (A.D. 346) (= II. p. 274), which is roughly coeval with ΰ : the Edd. note it is thus spelt in many of the papyri of the period. So P Oxy I. 41 .3 (iii/iv A.D.) Ἄγουστοι κύριοι , BGU IV. 1049 .1 (A.D. 342), P Goodsp Cairo 12 i. 11 (A.D. 340) τῶν τὰ πάντα νικόντων Σ̣εβ̣αστῶν ἡμῶν Ἀγούστων , ib. 15 .5 (A.D. 362) Ἀ [γο ]ύστου . The tendency arose in Greek centuries earlier Mayser Gr. p. 114 cites Γλακίου from P Par 41 .6 (B.C. 158), and σατοῦ and the like appear in Ptolemaic times.

Αὔγουστος, -ου, ὁ (Lat.), Augustus, the Roman Emperor: Luk.2:1 (cf. Σεβαστός; and see MM, see word).† (AS)