Celtici
See also: celtici
Latin
Etymology
From Celticus (“Celtic”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɛɫ.tɪ.kiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃɛl̪.t̪i.t͡ʃi]
Proper noun
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:
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".