Allobroges
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English
Noun
Allobroges pl (plural only)
- (historical) A Gallic people dwelling in a large territory between the Rhône river and the Alps mountains during the Iron Age and the Roman period.
Latin
Alternative forms
Allobrogas, found in some sections of Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico.
Etymology
A latinized form of Gaulish *Allobrogis (plural of *Allobrox). It is composed of the Celtic roots 'allo-', see Gaulish allos (“other, second”), cognate with Latin alius (“other”) and English else, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos (“other, another”) and of the root 'brogi-' ('territory, region, march'), which would translate to 'those from another country', exile or stranger.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /alˈlo.bro.ɡeːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈlo.bro.d͡ʒes/,
Proper noun
Allobrogēs m pl (genitive Allobrogum); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Allobrogēs |
| genitive | Allobrogum |
| dative | Allobrogibus |
| accusative | Allobrogēs |
| ablative | Allobrogibus |
| vocative | Allobrogēs |
Derived terms
References
- Allobroges in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Allobroges”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly