Thamugadi

Latin

Etymology

Named after Flueggea tinctoria (Spanish tamujo) apparently present there, compare Tabuda and Tabudium related to Latin buda (“cattail (Typha spp.)”) for the naming scheme.

Proper noun

Thamugadi n (indeclinable)

1. A town of Numidia situated near Lambaesis, now Timgad

References

• Thamugadi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Tamugadis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly