Eburobrittium

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *eburos (“yew”) plus another element.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.bu.roˈbrit.ti.um/, [ɛbʊrɔˈbrɪt̪ːiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.bu.roˈbrit.ti.um/, [eburoˈbrit̪ːium]

Proper noun

Eburobrittium n sg (genitive Eburobrittiī or Eburobrittī); second declension

1. A town of Lusitania mentioned by Pliny

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Eburobrittium
genitive	Eburobrittiī Eburobrittī1
dative	Eburobrittiō
accusative	Eburobrittium
ablative	Eburobrittiō
vocative	Eburobrittium
locative	Eburobrittiī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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