Nemetobriga
Latin
Etymology
From Paleo-Hispanic, from Proto-Celtic *nemetom (“sanctuary”) + *brigā (“fort”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [nɛ.mɛˈtɔ.brɪ.ɡa]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ne.meˈt̪ɔː.bri.ɡa]
Proper noun
Nemetobriga f sg (genitive Nemetobrigae); first declension
- A town of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, the main one of the tribe of the Tibures
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Nemetobriga |
| genitive | Nemetobrigae |
| dative | Nemetobrigae |
| accusative | Nemetobrigam |
| ablative | Nemetobrigā |
| vocative | Nemetobriga |
| locative | Nemetobrigae |
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.