Brigantes

See also: brigantes

Latin

Etymology

Of Celtic origin, probably borrowed through Proto-Celtic *brigantī (“something high”) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”). Found in Greek as Βρίγαντες (Brígantes). Compare the goddess Brigantia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /briˈɡan.teːs/, [brɪˈɡän̪t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /briˈɡan.tes/, [briˈɡän̪t̪es]

Proper noun

Brigantēs m pl (genitive Brigantum); third declension

1. A tribe of Britain, whose queen was Cartimandua

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Brigantēs
genitive	Brigantum
dative	Brigantibus
accusative	Brigantēs
ablative	Brigantibus
vocative	Brigantēs

References

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