Baeterrae

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Bēterrae, Bīterrae

Etymology

According to Anderson, from an Iberian name.

Proper noun

Baeterrae f pl (genitive Baeterrārum); first declension

  1. a city in Gallia Narbonensis, now Béziers

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

plural
nominative Baeterrae
genitive Baeterrārum
dative Baeterrīs
accusative Baeterrās
ablative Baeterrīs
vocative Baeterrae
locative Baeterrīs

Derived terms

  • Baeterrēnsis

References

  • Baeterrae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Baeterrae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Anderson, James Maxwell (1988): Ancient languages of the Hispanic peninsula