Bibracte
French
Proper noun
Bibracte ?
- a Gaulish oppidum near Autun in Burgundy
Latin
Etymology
Unknown; perhaps from a Celtic word for “beaver”, or from the term biffractus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /biˈbrak.te/, [bɪˈbräkt̪ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /biˈbrak.te/, [biˈbräkt̪e]
Proper noun
Bibracte n sg (genitive Bibractis); third declension
- Bibracte (ancient town in Gaul near modern Autun, France)
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Bibracte |
| Genitive | Bibractis |
| Dative | Bibractī |
| Accusative | Bibracte |
| Ablative | Bibracte |
| Vocative | Bibracte |
| Locative | Bibractī Bibracte |
References
- “Bibracte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bibracte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette