Lacobriga

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈko.bri.ɡa/, [ɫ̪äˈkɔbrɪɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈko.bri.ɡa/, [läˈkɔːbriɡä]

Proper noun

Lacobriga f sg (genitive Lacobrigae); first declension

1. An ancient town in Hispania Tarraconensis
2. A town in Lusitania

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Lacobriga
genitive	Lacobrigae
dative	Lacobrigae
accusative	Lacobrigam
ablative	Lacobrigā
vocative	Lacobriga
locative	Lacobrigae

Derived terms

• Lacobrigēnsēs

Descendants

• → Portuguese: Lacóbriga (learned)

References

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