Nemetobriga

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ne.meˈto.bri.ɡa/, [nɛmɛˈt̪ɔbrɪɡä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ne.meˈto.bri.ɡa/, [nemeˈt̪ɔːbriɡä]

Proper noun

Nemetobriga f sg (genitive Nemetobrigae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case 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.
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