Ancalites

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /an.kaˈliː.teːs/, [äŋkäˈlʲiːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.kaˈli.tes/, [äŋkäˈliːt̪es]

Proper noun

Ancalitēs m pl (genitive Ancalitum); third declension

1. A tribe of Britain mentioned by Caesar
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.21:

     Trinovantibus defensis atque ab omni militum iniuria prohibitis, Cenimagni, Segontiaci, Ancalites, Bibroci, Cassi legationibus missis sese Caesari dedunt.

     The Trinobantes being protected and secured from any violence of the soldiers, the Cenimagni, the Segontiaci, the Ancalites, the Bibroci, and the Cassi, sending embassies, surrendered themselves to Caesar.

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Ancalitēs
genitive	Ancalitum
dative	Ancalitibus
accusative	Ancalitēs
ablative	Ancalitibus
vocative	Ancalitēs

References

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