Augustobriga

Latin

Etymology

From Augustus +‎ Proto-Celtic *brigā (“hill, fortress”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /au̯.ɡus.toˈbriː.ɡa/, [äu̯ɡʊs̠t̪ɔˈbriːɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /au̯.ɡus.toˈbri.ɡa/, [äu̯ɡust̪oˈbriːɡä]

Proper noun

Augustobrīga f sg (genitive Augustobrīgae); first declension

1. A city in Lusitania situated on the road from Toletum to Emerita
2. a city of the Pelendones in Hispania Tarraconensis

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Augustobrīga
genitive	Augustobrīgae
dative	Augustobrīgae
accusative	Augustobrīgam
ablative	Augustobrīgā
vocative	Augustobrīga
locative	Augustobrīgae

Derived terms

• Augustobrīgēnsēs

References

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