Segobriga
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Celtic *segos (“force”) + *brigā (“hill-fort”), with the meaning "mighty hill-fort" or "hill-fort of victory".[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /seˈɡo.bri.ɡa/, [s̠ɛˈɡɔbrɪɡä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈɡo.bri.ɡa/, [seˈɡɔːbriɡä]
Proper noun
[edit]Segobriga f sg (genitive Segobrigae); first declension
- the capital city of the Celtiberians in Hispania Tarraconensis
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Segobriga |
| genitive | Segobrigae |
| dative | Segobrigae |
| accusative | Segobrigam |
| ablative | Segobrigā |
| vocative | Segobriga |
| locative | Segobrigae |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Segobriga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Segobriga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Segobriga”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Segobriga”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “Segobriga”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press