Brixellum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Brixillum

Etymology

From a Gaulish root common to Brixia meaning "hill".

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /brikˈsel.lum/, [brɪkˈs̠ɛlːʲʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /brikˈsel.lum/, [brikˈsɛlːum]

Proper noun

Brixellum n sg (genitive Brixellī); second declension

1. A town in Cisalpine Gaul situated on the right bank of the Padus not far from Parma, now Brescello

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Brixellum
genitive	Brixellī
dative	Brixellō
accusative	Brixellum
ablative	Brixellō
vocative	Brixellum
locative	Brixellī

Derived terms

• Brixellānus

References

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