Caetobriga

Latin

Alternative forms

• Caetobrix

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kae̯ˈto.bri.ɡa/, [käe̯ˈt̪ɔbrɪɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈto.bri.ɡa/, [t͡ʃeˈt̪ɔːbriɡä]

Proper noun

Caetobriga f sg (genitive Caetobrigae); first declension

1. An ancient city in Lusitania, now Setúbal
   • c. 45 CE, Pomponius Mela, De Choreographia 1.8:

     Magnum quod ulterius est, in Cuneo sunt Myrtili, Balsa, Ossonoba, in Sacro Caetobriga et Portus Hannibalis, in Magno Ebora.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Caetobriga
genitive	Caetobrigae
dative	Caetobrigae
accusative	Caetobrigam
ablative	Caetobrigā
vocative	Caetobriga

References

• “Caetobriga” in volume 2, column 57, line 5 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present