Encheleae

Latin

Alternative forms

• Encheliae

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐγχέλιοι (Enkhélioi).

Proper noun

Encheleae m pl (genitive Encheleārum); first declension

1. (historical) Enchelei, an Illyrian tribe
   • c. 77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 3.139:

     Pars eius fuere Mentores, Himani, Encheleae, Bulini et quos Callimachus Peucetios appellat, nunc totum uno nomine Illyricum vocatur generatim.

     Part of it once were the Montores, Himani, Encheleae, Bulini and those who Callimachus calls Peucetii, now all of Illyricum is called generally under a single name.

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Encheleae
genitive	Encheleārum
dative	Encheleīs
accusative	Encheleās
ablative	Encheleīs
vocative	Encheleae

References

• Encheliae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Encheliae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press