Nemetobriga

Latin

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, from Proto-Celtic *nemeto (“sanctuary”) + Proto-Celtic *brigā (“fort”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ne.meˈto.bri.ɡa/, [nɛ.mɛˈtɔ.brɪ.ɡa]

Proper noun

Nemetobriga f (genitive Nemetobrigae); first declension

  1. A town of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, the main one of the tribe of the Tibures

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Nemetobriga
Genitive Nemetobrigae
Dative Nemetobrigae
Accusative Nemetobrigam
Ablative Nemetobrigā
Vocative Nemetobriga

References
  • E.W. Haley, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Nemetobriga: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2013 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/236565> [accessed: 03 April 2018]
  • Hispania Epigraphica n. 16608
  • "Nemetobriga" in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.
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