Ilergetes

Latin Etymology Latinized la xib - name (from la qsb-ibe -). Probably influenced by grc Ἰλουργήτες, grc Ἰλεργέται, and related to xib Iltirta and la xib Ilerda. Possibly related to the eu ilargi and eu hilargi. Pronunciation Ilergētēs Proper noun Ilergētēs<3.pl> m A tribe of Hispania Tarraconensis which dwelt north of the course of the Iberus Usage notes The form la Ilergetae, although it is cited in Gaffiot's dictionary, is spurious in Latin. Presumably it was included based on a discredited inscription from Alcarràs.Hübner, Emil. Inscriptiones Hispaniae latinae, volume 2, 1869. "Inscriptiones Falsae vel Alienae", p. 32*, no. 313* la Ilergetae entered modern usage in dictionaries, as an approximation of the Greek. Declension Ilergētēs<3.pl> References 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 la Tribes