Arcobriga

Latin

Etymology

From Celtiberian, from a compound of Proto-Celtic *arkʷos (“bow”) + *brigā (“hill”), i.e. “bow-shaped hill”. Another suggested derivation from *artos (“bear”) is dubious owing to the unexplained sound change to c; the connection to “bow” is solidified by images of bows found on local stelae.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.koˈbriː.ɡa/, [ärkɔˈbriːɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.koˈbri.ɡa/, [ärkoˈbriːɡä]

Proper noun

Arcobrīga f sg (genitive Arcobrīgae); first declension

1. The name of three ancient towns in modern Spain, of which one has been securely located:
   1. A settlement of the Celtiberians in Hispania Tarraconensis.

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Arcobrīga
Genitive	Arcobrīgae
Dative	Arcobrīgae
Accusative	Arcobrīgam
Ablative	Arcobrīgā
Vocative	Arcobrīga
Locative	Arcobrīgae

References

• Arcobriga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Arcobriga”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Koch, John T. (2016) “Phoenicians in the West and the Break-up of the Atlantic Bronze Age and Proto-Celtic”, in John T. Koch, Barry Cunliffe, editors, Celtic from the West, volume 3, Atlantic Europe in the Metal Ages: Questions of Shared Language, Oxford: Oxbow Books, →ISBN, page 441