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Latin
Etymology
Of Celtic origin, probably borrowed through Proto-Celtic *brigantī (“something high”) from Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰonts (“high”). Found in Greek as Βρίγαντες (Brígantes). Compare the goddess Brigantia.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Brigantēs m pl (genitive Brigantum); third declension
- A tribe of Britain, whose queen was Cartimandua
Declension
Third-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “Brigantes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Brigantes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Brigantes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- ^ Shotter, D. (2004). Roman Britain. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, p. 45