Celtae
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κελτοί (Keltoí), Κελταί (Keltaí), Herodotus’ word for the Gauls, from Proto-Celtic *kel-to, from *kellāko- (“fight, war”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to strike, beat”). Compare Gaulish theonym *Su-cellus (“good striker”).[1]
Possibly related to Gallus (“a Gaul”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkel.tae̯/, [ˈkɛɫ̪t̪äe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃel.te/, [ˈt͡ʃɛl̪t̪e]
Noun
Celtae m pl (genitive Celtārum); first declension
- the Celts (inhabitants of Gaul)
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Celtae |
| Genitive | Celtārum |
| Dative | Celtīs |
| Accusative | Celtās |
| Ablative | Celtīs |
| Vocative | Celtae |
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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'”.
- “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.
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- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
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- Latin terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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