Celtici

See also: celtici

Latin

Etymology

From Celticus (“Celtic”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkel.ti.kiː/, [ˈkɛɫ̪t̪ɪkiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃel.ti.t͡ʃi/, [ˈt͡ʃɛl̪t̪it͡ʃi]

Proper noun

Celticī m pl (genitive Celticōrum); second declension

1. the Celts
2. the peoples dwelling in the coastal areas of Galicia, in the Iberian peninsula, at the beginning of the common era, specifically these tribes:
   1. the Celtici Supertamarci
   2. the Celtici Praestamarci
   3. the Neri
   4. the Artabri
   5. the Cileni

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Celticī
genitive	Celticōrum
dative	Celticīs
accusative	Celticōs
ablative	Celticīs
vocative	Celticī

Descendants

• Galician: Céltigos

References

• “Celtae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Celtici in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Celtici”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• E. R. Luján (2006). "Pueblos celtas y no celtas de la Galicia Antigua: Fuentes literarias frente a Fuentes epigraficas".