Bibroci

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbɪ.brɔ.kiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbiː.bro.t͡ʃi]

Bibrocī m pl (genitive Bibrocōrum); second declension

1. A Celtic tribe of Britannia, mentioned by Caesar in his commentaries (VII.21)
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.21:

     Trinovantibus defensis atque ab omni militum iniuria prohibitis, Cenimagni, Segontiaci, Ancalites, Bibroci, Cassi legationibus missis sese Caesari dedunt.

     The Trinobantes being protected and secured from any violence of the soldiers, the Cenimagni, the Segontiaci, the Ancalites, the Bibroci, and the Cassi, sending embassies, surrendered themselves to Caesar.

Second-declension noun, plural only.

• Bibroci in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.