Lacobriga

Latin

Etymology

From Celtic; the second element is from Proto-Celtic *brigā (hill, fortress).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Lacobriga f sg (genitive Lacobrigae); first declension

  1. an ancient town in Hispania Tarraconensis
  2. a town in Lusitania

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
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