Coelerni

Latin

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin, lean”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /koe̯ˈler.niː/, [koe̯ˈɫ̪ɛrniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈler.ni/, [t͡ʃeˈlɛrni]

Proper noun

Coelernī m pl (genitive Coelernōrum); second declension

1. A pre-Roman, probably Celtic, tribe of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, whose main settlement was Κοιλιόβριγα

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Coelernī
genitive	Coelernōrum
dative	Coelernīs
accusative	Coelernōs
ablative	Coelernīs
vocative	Coelernī

References

• Coelerni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Colerni in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.