Cileni

See also: cileni

Latin

Etymology

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, probably of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiˈleː.niː/, [kɪˈɫ̪eːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈle.ni/, [t͡ʃiˈlɛːni]

Proper noun

Cilēnī m pl (genitive Cilēnōrum); second declension

1. A Celtic tribe of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Cilēnī
Genitive	Cilēnōrum
Dative	Cilēnīs
Accusative	Cilēnōs
Ablative	Cilēnīs
Vocative	Cilēnī

References

• Cileni in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Cileni in Falileyev, Alexander (1997). Dictionary of Continental Celtic Place-Names, Aberystwyth University.
• E. R. Luján (2006). "Pueblos celtas y no celtas de la Galicia Antigua: Fuentes literarias frente a Fuentes epigraficas".