brigantes

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Latin

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Etymology

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Found in Gallo-Latin, probably related to Proto-Celtic *wrig(g)ant- (vermin). Pokorny suggests Proto-Indo-European *wr̥mis (worm), but Matasovic dismisses the similarity as "probably accidental" and instead suggests a non-Indo-European substrate. According to MacBain, from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (to bend, twist), similar to English wry.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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brigantēs m pl (genitive brigantum); third declension

  1. A species of small worm in the eyelashes

Declension

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Third-declension noun, plural only.

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Spanish

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Noun

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brigantes

  1. plural of brigante