vergobretus
Latin
Etymology
From Gaulish uercobretos.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛrˈɡɔ.brɛ.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [verˈɡɔː.bre.t̪us]
Noun
vergobretus m (genitive vergobretī); second declension
- Chief magistrate of the Aedui, vergobret
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.16:
- qui summo magistratui praeerat, quem vergobretum appellant Haedui
- He was in charge of the highest magistracy, which the Aedui called the Vergobretus.
- qui summo magistratui praeerat, quem vergobretum appellant Haedui
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vergobretus | vergobretī |
| genitive | vergobretī | vergobretōrum |
| dative | vergobretō | vergobretīs |
| accusative | vergobretum | vergobretōs |
| ablative | vergobretō | vergobretīs |
| vocative | vergobrete | vergobretī |
Descendants
- English: vergobret
- French: vergobret, vergobert, vergobreth, vergobreith, vierg
- German: Vergobret
- Latin: virgobretus
- Spanish: vergobret
References
- “vergobretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vergobretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers