virgobretus

Latin

Etymology

From Latin vergobretus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯irˈɡo.bre.tus/, [u̯ɪrˈɡɔbrɛt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /virˈɡo.bre.tus/, [virˈɡɔːbret̪us]

Noun

virgobretus m (genitive virgobretī); second declension

1. (Medieval Latin) Alternative form of vergobretus (“Chief magistrate of the Aedui”)
   • Isidore of Seville, Liber glossarum 1377:

     Virgobretus, nomen magistratus.

     Virgobretus, name of a magistrate

   • 1603, Barthélemy de Chasseneuz, Catalogus Gloriæ Mundi, D. BARTHOLOMÆI CASSANÆI, BVRGVNDI APVD AQVAS SEXTIAS IN SENATV DECURIÆ PRÆSIDIS AC VIRI CLARISSIME‎^[3] (quotation in Latin; overall work in Latin), Saur, Johann,, page 568:

     Nam & in vrbe magiſtratus vnus, qui annuus (pro ut nunc retinens adhuc nomen antiquum) creabatur, vitæ, & necis in ſuos poteſtatem habens. Qui, vt vir a virtute, ſic & ipſe Virgobretus a virtute qua debet habere, nomen ſortitur: & iuxta alluſionem vocabuli in vulgari nostro dicitur Vierg.

     In the city, one magistrate who (who still retains the ancient name) was created annually; they held power over life and death. This magistrate, as a man is by virtue, is himself named Virgobretus by the virtue which he ought to have. And, according to the allusion of the word in our vulgar tongue it is called Vierg.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	virgobretus	virgobretī
genitive	virgobretī	virgobretōrum
dative	virgobretō	virgobretīs
accusative	virgobretum	virgobretōs
ablative	virgobretō	virgobretīs
vocative	virgobrete	virgobretī