Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Celtic; the second element is from Proto-Celtic *brigā (hill, fortress).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Lacobriga f sg (genitive Lacobrigae); first declension

  1. An ancient town in Hispania Tarraconensis
  2. A town in Lusitania

Declension edit

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Lacobriga
Genitive Lacobrigae
Dative Lacobrigae
Accusative Lacobrigam
Ablative Lacobrigā
Vocative Lacobriga
Locative Lacobrigae

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Portuguese: Lacóbriga (learned)

References edit

  • Lacobriga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lacobriga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Lacobriga”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly