Talabriga
See also: Talábriga
Latin
Etymology
From Hispano-Celtic; a probable composite of Proto-Celtic *talu (“forehead; top”) + *brigā (“hill-fort”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /taˈla.bri.ɡa/, [t̪äˈɫ̪äbrɪɡä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /taˈla.bri.ɡa/, [t̪äˈläːbriɡä]
Proper noun
Talabriga f sg (genitive Talabrigae); first declension
- A town in Lusitania situated on the road from Aeminium to Langobriga
- a castellum (hill-fort) of the Limici, in Gallaecia
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Talabriga |
| Genitive | Talabrigae |
| Dative | Talabrigae |
| Accusative | Talabrigam |
| Ablative | Talabrigā |
| Vocative | Talabriga |
| Locative | Talabrigae |
Descendants
- → Portuguese: Talábriga (learned)
References
- Talabrica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Talabriga”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- E.W. Haley, R. Talbert, T. Elliott, and S. Gillies, 'Castellum Talabriga: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2012 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/240901> [accessed: 21 September 2018]
- Luján Martínez, Eugenio (2014 May 19) 'Galician place-names attested epigraphically', in Celtic and Other Languages in Ancient Europe, Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, retrieved 21 September 2018, page 71
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