Segontiaci

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /se.ɡonˈti.a.kiː/, [s̠ɛɡɔn̪ˈt̪iäkiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /se.ɡonˈt͡si.a.t͡ʃi/, [seɡonˈt̪͡s̪iːät͡ʃi]

Proper noun

Segontiacī m pl (genitive Segontiacōrum); second declension

1. A Celtic tribe of Britannia, 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

Second-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Segontiacī
genitive	Segontiacōrum
dative	Segontiacīs
accusative	Segontiacōs
ablative	Segontiacīs
vocative	Segontiacī

References

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