Celtae
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí), Κέλται (Kéltai), Herodotus’ word for the Gauls, from Proto-Celtic *kel-to, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to strike, beat”). Compare Gaulish theonym *Su-cellus (“good striker”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkel.tae̯/, [ˈkɛɫ̪t̪äe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃel.te/, [ˈt͡ʃɛl̪t̪e]
Proper noun edit
Celtae m pl (genitive Celtārum); first declension
- the Celts (inhabitants of Gaul)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Celtae |
Genitive | Celtārum |
Dative | Celtīs |
Accusative | Celtās |
Ablative | Celtīs |
Vocative | Celtae |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kellāko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 199: “*kellāko- 'fight, war'”.
Further reading edit
- “Celtae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Celtae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.