brigantes
See also: Brigantes
Latin
Etymology
Found in Gallo-Latin, probably related to Proto-Celtic *wrig(g)ant- (“vermin”). Pokorny suggests Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (“worm”), but Matasovic dismisses the similarity as "probably accidental" and instead suggests a non-Indo-European substrate. According to MacBain, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to bend, twist”), similar to English wry.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /briˈɡan.teːs/, [brɪˈɡän̪t̪eːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /briˈɡan.tes/, [briˈɡän̪t̪es]
Noun
brigantēs m pl (genitive brigantum); third declension
- A species of small worm in the eyelashes
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | brigantēs |
| Genitive | brigantum |
| Dative | brigantibus |
| Accusative | brigantēs |
| Ablative | brigantibus |
| Vocative | brigantēs |
References
- “brigantes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- brigantes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1152
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “wriggant”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 430-31
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “frìde”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
Spanish
Noun
brigantes
- plural of brigante