Ancalites
Latin
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /an.kaˈliː.teːs/, [äŋkäˈlʲiːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /an.kaˈli.tes/, [äŋkäˈliːt̪es]
Proper noun
editAncalitēs m pl (genitive Ancalitum); third declension
- A tribe of Britain 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.
- Trinovantibus defensis atque ab omni militum iniuria prohibitis, Cenimagni, Segontiaci, Ancalites, Bibroci, Cassi legationibus missis sese Caesari dedunt.
Declension
editThird-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | Ancalitēs |
Genitive | Ancalitum |
Dative | Ancalitibus |
Accusative | Ancalitēs |
Ablative | Ancalitibus |
Vocative | Ancalitēs |