proper noun · neuterthird declension
Bibracte
Bibracte n sg (genitive Bibractis)
Classical[bɪˈbrak.tɛ]Ecclesiastical[biˈbrak.te]
Meaning
- neutersingularBibracte (ancient town in Gaul near modern Autun, France)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Bibracte | — |
| genitive | Bibractis | — |
| dative | Bibractī | — |
| accusative | Bibracte | — |
| ablative | Bibracte | — |
| vocative | Bibracte | — |
| locative | Bibractī Bibracte | — |
Bibracte, is (abl. Bibracte, but -ti, Caes. B. G. 7, 55), n., = Φρούριον Βίβρακτα, Strabo; Αὐγουστόδουνον, Ptolem.,
I. the chief town of the Ædui, later Augustodunum, now Autun en Bourgogne, Dép. de Saōne et Loire, Caes. B. G. 1, 23; 7, 55; 7, 63; 7, 90; 8, 1; cf. Tac. A. 3, 43.—As a goddess:
DEAE BIBRACTI, etc., Inscr. Orell. 1973.Origins
Uncertain; perhaps from a Celtic (Gaulish) word for “beaver," from Proto-Celtic *bebrus, or from the term biffractus (“twice fortified”, literally “double force-breaking”), from bi + fractus, though this is less probable, as the battlement was not likely to have two walls.
Descendants
- FrenchMont Beuvray