Scoti
See also: scoti
Latin
Alternative forms
- Scotti, Scōttī
Etymology
Possibly from Celtic, though the name doesn't correspond to any known tribes. Another possibility is a non-Indo-European substrate.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskoː.tiː/
Noun
Scōtī
- nominative plural of Scōtus
- genitive singular of Scōtus
- vocative plural of Scōtus
Proper noun
Scōtī m (genitive Scōtōrum); second declension
- the Irish; Gaelic-speaking people of Ireland and Scotland
- Chronicon Scotorum
- Chronicle of the Irish
- the Scots; the Scottish people of northern Britain
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Scōtia
- Scōticus
- Scōtinus
- Scōtus
Descendants
- English: Scots
References
- Scoti in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Scoti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette