vergobret

See also: Vergobret

English

Etymology

From Latin vergobretus (“chief magistrate amongst the Aedui”), from Gaulish uercobretos.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɜːɡəbɹɛt/
• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: ver‧go‧bret

Noun

vergobret (plural vergobrets)

1. (history) A magistrate in ancient Gaul who held the highest office in many Gallic cities, especially among the Aedui.

   Although the vergobret was an important position amongst the Aedui, little information about this office has been preserved in the historical record.

   • 1619, Thomas Milles, The Treasurie of Auncient and Moderne Times‎^[1] (quotation in English; overall work in English), London: William Iagard, pages 60--61:

     Diuitiacus and Liſcus, who at that time was the cheefe Magistrate, and by the Heduanes called Vergobret

   • 1996, Umair Mirza, The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 10‎^[2], 2nd edition (quotation in English; overall work in English), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 498:

     vergobret (magistrate) is mentioned on the coinage of the Lexovii

References

• 1933, The Oxford English Dictionary, The Oxford English Dictionary - 1933 - All Volumes‎^[3] (quotation in English; overall work in English), page 128:

  ad. L. vergobretus, of Gaulish origin

French

Etymology

From Latin vergobretus (“chief magistrate amongst the Aedui”), from Gaulish uercobretos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛʁ.ɡɔ.bʁɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: ver‧go‧bret

Noun

vergobret m (plural vergobrets)

1. (history) vergobret
   • 1581, Pierre de Saint-Julien, Pierre Tamisier, Edouard Bredin, Raymond Rancurel, De l'origine des bovrgongnons, et antiqvité des estats de Bovrgongne, devx livres: plus, des antiquitez d'Autun, liure 1: de Chalon, 2: de Mascon, 3: de l'abbaye & ville de Tournus, 1‎^[4], Paris: Chez Nicolas Chesneav, page 551:

     clameurs en vindrent iuſques au Verg, que le vulgaire d’a prêſent nomme Vierg, & Ceſar Vergobret

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2000, Jean Carpentier, François Lebrun, “La formation de la Gauls”, in Histoire de France‎^[5] (quotation in French; overall work in French), [Paris] : Éd. du Seuil, →ISBN, page 32:

     Des magistrats, * vergobret, sont désignés par le conseil pour assurer la permanence du pouvoir

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Alternative forms

• vergobert
• vergobreth
• vergobreith

Derived terms

• vergobrétat

References

• “vergobret”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• 1836, Henri Medinger, Dictionnaire comparatif et étymologique des langues teuto-gothiques. L'ancien gothique, l'ancien haut-allemand, l'anglosaxon, l'ancien saxon, l'islandais, le suédois moderne, le danois moderne, le néerlandais moderne (fläm-holl.), l'anglais moderne, le haut-allemand moderne‎^[6], 2nd edition (quotation in French; overall work in French), Francfort, page 588:

  vergobret (ver-jobret)

  vergobret (ver-jobret)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vergobretus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾɡoˈbɾet/ [beɾ.ɣ̞oˈβ̞ɾet̪]
• Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification: ver‧go‧bret

Noun

vergobret m (plural vergobrets)

1. (history) vergobret
   • 2006, Teresa Martín Lorenzo, transl., César‎^[7], Madrid: La Esfera de los Libros, translation of Caesar: The Life of a Colossus by Anthony Goldsworthy, published 2007, →ISBN, page 363:

     Teniendo en cuenta que el Vergobret no estaba autorizado a abandonar el territorio de la tribu en su año de mandato, César se dirigió urgentemente hacia el sur para reunirse con los rivales

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

References

• 1855, Diccionario Universal de Historia y de Geografia‎^[8], volume 7, Mexico: Una Sociedad de Literatos Distinguidos, page 501: