Gallia Belgica
English
Etymology
From Latin Gallia Belgica.
Proper noun
Gallica Belgica (uncountable)
- (historical) An ancient province of the Roman Empire, existing from 22 BCE to the 5th century C.E. and located in modern northeast France, most of Belgium and Luxembourg, and parts of the Netherlands and Germany.
- Synonyms: Belgic Gaul, Belgian Gaul
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɡal.li.a ˈbɛɫ.ɡɪ.ka]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɡal.li.a ˈbɛl̠ʲ.d͡ʒi.ka]
Proper noun
Gallia Belgica f sg (genitive Galliae Belgicae); first declension
- Gallia Belgica (an ancient province of the Roman Empire, existing from 22 BCE to the 5th century C.E. and located in modern northeast France, most of Belgium and Luxembourg, and parts of the Netherlands and Germany)
Declension
First-declension noun with a first-declension adjective, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Gallia Belgica |
| genitive | Galliae Belgicae |
| dative | Galliae Belgicae |
| accusative | Galliam Belgicam |
| ablative | Galliā Belgicā |
| vocative | Gallia Belgica |
Descendants
- → Spanish: Galia Bélgica
References
- “Belgica Belgae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Belgica”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Gallia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.