Limici

Latin

Etymology

From Paleo-Hispanic, from Gallaecian Limia, the Limia river, and the relational suffix *-ko-, meaning "the people of the Limia". The name Limia is from Proto-Celtic *līmo- ("flood; marsh", compare Welsh llif, "flow; stream; flood"), from Proto-Indo-European *léymō (lake).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Līmicī m pl (genitive Līmicōrum); second declension

  1. A tribe of Gallaecia

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative Līmicī
genitive Līmicōrum
dative Līmicīs
accusative Līmicōs
ablative Līmicīs
vocative Līmicī

References

  • Limici in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.
  • Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.