Celtici
See also: celtici
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Celticus (“Celtic”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkel.ti.kiː/, [ˈkɛɫ̪t̪ɪkiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃel.ti.t͡ʃi/, [ˈt͡ʃɛl̪t̪it͡ʃi]
Proper noun
[edit]Celticī m pl (genitive Celticōrum); second declension
- the Celts
- the peoples dwelling in the coastal areas of Galicia, in the Iberian peninsula, at the beginning of the common era, specifically these tribes:
- the Celtici Supertamarci
- the Celtici Praestamarci
- the Neri
- the Artabri
- the Cileni
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Celticī |
| genitive | Celticōrum |
| dative | Celticīs |
| accusative | Celticōs |
| ablative | Celticīs |
| vocative | Celticī |
Descendants
[edit]- Galician: Céltigos
References
[edit]- “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".