Lacobriga
Latin
Etymology
From Celtic; the second element is from Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫaˈkɔ.brɪ.ɡa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [laˈkɔː.bri.ɡa]
Proper noun
Lacobriga f sg (genitive Lacobrigae); first declension
- an ancient town in Hispania Tarraconensis
- a town in Lusitania
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Lacobriga |
genitive | Lacobrigae |
dative | Lacobrigae |
accusative | Lacobrigam |
ablative | Lacobrigā |
vocative | Lacobriga |
locative | Lacobrigae |
Derived terms
- Lacobrigēnsēs
Descendants
- → Portuguese: Lacóbriga (learned)
References
- “Lacobriga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lacobriga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Lacobriga”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly