Bibracte

French

Proper noun

Bibracte

1. A Gaulish oppidum near Autun in Burgundy

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Latin

Etymology

Unknown; perhaps from a Celtic word for “beaver”, or from the term biffractus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /biˈbrak.te/, [bɪˈbräkt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /biˈbrak.te/, [biˈbräkt̪e]

Proper noun

Bibracte n sg (genitive Bibractis); third declension

1. Bibracte (ancient town in Gaul near modern Autun, France)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Bibracte
Genitive	Bibractis
Dative	Bibractī
Accusative	Bibracte
Ablative	Bibracte
Vocative	Bibracte
Locative	Bibractī Bibracte

References

• “Bibracte”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bibracte in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.