Bagrada

Latin

View of the river

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βαγράδας (Bagrádas).

The source and declension of The Bagradas Fl in antiquity, was Djebel Rached (Amer) in the mid-center of Algeria ( Geographical Guides of Claudius Ptolemy and Pliny ). Bagrada related to " Cows-Baggaras Dragons) " blessed sources, then the river disappeard in Medjerda Zone Rivers ( Tunisia )

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡra.da/, [ˈbäɡräd̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡra.da/, [ˈbäːɡräd̪ä]

Proper noun

Bagrada m sg (genitive Bagradae); first declension

1. A river in Africa, now the Medjerda

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bagrada
Genitive	Bagradae
Dative	Bagradae
Accusative	Bagradam
Ablative	Bagradā
Vocative	Bagrada

References

• Bagrada in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Bagrada”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly