Brigantes

== English == === Noun === Brigantes pl (plural only) (historical) A tribe of ancient Britain, whose queen was Cartimandua. ==== Related terms ==== Brigantia == 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 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [brɪˈɡan.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [briˈɡan.tes] === 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