Bructeri

English

Noun

Bructeri pl (plural only)

1. (historical) An ancient Germanic people who lived in present-day North Rhine-Westphalia, positioned just outside the boundaries of the Roman Empire at the time.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Βρούκτεροι (Broúkteroi), likely from Proto-Germanic *bruhtiwarjaz.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbrʊk.tɛ.riː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbruk.te.ri]

Proper noun

Bructerī m pl (genitive Bructerōrum); second declension

1. A tribe of Germany on the river Ems

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Bructerī
genitive	Bructerōrum
dative	Bructerīs
accusative	Bructerōs
ablative	Bructerīs
vocative	Bructerī

Derived terms

• Bructerus

References

• “Bructeri”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Bructeri”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Bructeri”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly