Allobroges
English edit
Noun edit
Allobroges pl (plural only)
- (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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Allobrogas, found in some sections of Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico.
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈlo.bro.ɡeːs/, [älˈlʲɔbrɔɡeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈlo.bro.d͡ʒes/, [älˈlɔːbrod͡ʒes]
Proper noun edit
Allobrogēs m pl (genitive Allobrogum); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Allobrogēs |
Genitive | Allobrogum |
Dative | Allobrogibus |
Accusative | Allobrogēs |
Ablative | Allobrogibus |
Vocative | Allobrogēs |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- 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