Narbo

Latin

Alternative forms

• Narbōna (post-classical)

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ναρβαῖοι (Narbaîoi), identified by Strabo as a Gaulish/Celtic name, though the ultimate origin is likely Iberian/Celtiberian.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.boː/, [ˈnärboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnar.bo/, [ˈnärbo]

Proper noun

Narbō f sg (genitive Narbōnis); third declension

1. Narbonne (city and provincial capital in southern Gaul)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Narbō
genitive	Narbōnis
dative	Narbōnī
accusative	Narbōnem
ablative	Narbōne
vocative	Narbō
locative	Narbōnī Narbōne

Derived terms

• Gallia Narbōnēnsis
• Narbōnēnsis
• Narbōnicus

References

• “Narbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Narbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Popa & Stoddart (2014): Fingerprinting the Iron Age: Approaches to identity in the European Iron Age: Integrating South-Eastern Europe into the debate