Allobroges

English

Noun

Allobroges pl (plural only)

1. (historical) A Gallic people dwelling in a large territory between the Rhône river and the Alps mountains during the Iron Age and the Roman period.

Latin

Alternative forms

Allobrogas, found in some sections of Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico.

Etymology

A latinized form of Gaulish *Allobrogis (plural of *Allobrox). It is composed of the Celtic roots 'allo-', see Gaulish allos (“other, second”), cognate with Latin alius (“other”) and English else, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other, another”) and of the root 'brogi-' ('territory, region, march'), which would translate to 'those from another country', exile or stranger.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈlo.bro.ɡeːs/, [älˈlʲɔbrɔɡeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈlo.bro.d͡ʒes/, [älˈlɔːbrod͡ʒes]

Proper noun

Allobrogēs m pl (genitive Allobrogum); third declension

1. A Gaulish tribe, whose territory lay between the Rhodanus and the Isara

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Allobrogēs
Genitive	Allobrogum
Dative	Allobrogibus
Accusative	Allobrogēs
Ablative	Allobrogibus
Vocative	Allobrogēs

Derived terms

• Allobrogicus

References

• Allobroges in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Allobroges”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly