Ilergetes

== Latin == === Etymology === Latinized Iberian name (from Paleo-Hispanic). Probably influenced by Ancient Greek Ἰλουργήτες (Ilourgḗtes), Ἰλεργέται (Ilergétai), and related to Iberian Iltirta and Latin Ilerda. Possibly related to the Basque ilargi and hilargi. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɪ.ɫɛrˈɡeː.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.lerˈd͡ʒɛː.tes] === Proper noun === Ilergētēs m pl (genitive Ilergētum); third declension A tribe of Hispania Tarraconensis which dwelt north of the course of the Iberus ==== Usage notes ==== The form Ilergetae, although it is cited in Gaffiot's dictionary, is spurious in Latin. Presumably it was included based on a discredited inscription from Alcarràs. Ilergetae entered modern usage in dictionaries, as an approximation of the Greek. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. === References === “Ilergetes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Ilergetes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly Transactions of the Celtic Society of Montreal: Comprising Some of the Papers Read Before the Society During Sessions 1884-85 to 1886-87, p. 3