Bagrada

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βαγράδας (Bagrádas).

The source and declension of The Bagradas Fl in antiquity, was Djebel Rached (Amer) in the mid-center of Algeria ( Geographical Guides of Claudius Ptolemy and Pliny ). Bagrada related to " Cows-Baggaras Dragons) " blessed sources, then the river disappeard in Medjerda Zone Rivers ( Tunisia )

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡra.da/, [ˈbäɡräd̪ä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡra.da/, [ˈbäːɡräd̪ä]

Proper noun

Bagrada m sg (genitive Bagradae); first declension

A river in Africa, now the Medjerda

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Bagrada
genitive	Bagradae
dative	Bagradae
accusative	Bagradam
ablative	Bagradā
vocative	Bagrada

References

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