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
- 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.