burgensis

Etymology

From burgus (“fort; walled town; borough”) +‎ -ēnsis (forming locative adjectives).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /burˈd͡ʒen.sis/, [burˈd͡ʒɛnsis]

Adjective

burgēnsis (neuter burgēnse); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. pertaining to a castle
2. pertaining to a town or city
3. having the status of a citizen

Noun

burgēnsis m or f (genitive burgēnsis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

1. townsman, resident of a town or city
2. citizen, i.e. a person with the rights and obligations of citizenship
3. town councillor or senator, patrician
4. inhabitant of a fortified rural settlement
5. (generally) inhabitant of any specific place, such as a street or a pasture
6. (England) burgess (parliamentary representative of a borough)

References

• burgensis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• burgensis in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ) Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “burgensis”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “burgensis”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 108
• burgensis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016