Allobroges

== English == === Noun === Allobroges pl (normally plural, singular Allobroge) (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): [alˈlɔ.brɔ.ɡeːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [alˈlɔː.bro.d͡ʒes] === Proper noun === Allobrogēs m pl (genitive Allobrogum); third declension A Gaulish tribe, whose territory lay between the Rhodanus and the Isara ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== Allobrogicus === 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