Segobriga
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *segos (“force”) + *brigā (“hill-fort”), with the meaning "mighty hill-fort" or "hill-fort of victory".[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /seˈɡo.bri.ɡa/, [s̠ɛˈɡɔbrɪɡä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /seˈɡo.bri.ɡa/, [seˈɡɔːbriɡä]
Proper noun[edit]
Segobriga f sg (genitive Segobrigae); first declension
- the capital city of the Celtiberians in Hispania Tarraconensis
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Segobriga |
| Genitive | Segobrigae |
| Dative | Segobrigae |
| Accusative | Segobrigam |
| Ablative | Segobrigā |
| Vocative | Segobriga |
| Locative | Segobrigae |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Segobriga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Segobriga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Segobriga”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Segobriga”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “Segobriga”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press