vergobretus
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Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯erˈɡo.bre.tus/, [u̯ɛrˈɡɔbrɛt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /verˈɡo.bre.tus/, [verˈɡɔːbret̪us]
Noun
[edit]vergobretus m (genitive vergobretī); second declension
- Chief magistrate of the Aedui
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.16:
- qui summo magistratui praeerat, quem vergobretum appellant Haedui
- He was in charge of the highest magistracy, which the Aedui called the Vergobretus.
- qui summo magistratui praeerat, quem vergobretum appellant Haedui
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | vergobretus | vergobretī |
genitive | vergobretī | vergobretōrum |
dative | vergobretō | vergobretīs |
accusative | vergobretum | vergobretōs |
ablative | vergobretō | vergobretīs |
vocative | vergobrete | vergobretī |
References
[edit]- “vergobretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “vergobretus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers