Celticus
See also: celticus
Latin
Alternative forms
- celticus
Etymology
Celtae (“Celts”) + -icus
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkel.ti.kus/, [ˈkɛɫ̪t̪ɪkʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃel.ti.kus/, [ˈt͡ʃɛl̪t̪ikus]
Adjective
Celticus (feminine Celtica, neuter Celticum, adverb Celticē); first/second-declension adjective
- Celtic
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Celticus | Celtica | Celticum | Celticī | Celticae | Celtica | |
| Genitive | Celticī | Celticae | Celticī | Celticōrum | Celticārum | Celticōrum | |
| Dative | Celticō | Celticō | Celticīs | ||||
| Accusative | Celticum | Celticam | Celticum | Celticōs | Celticās | Celtica | |
| Ablative | Celticō | Celticā | Celticō | Celticīs | |||
| Vocative | Celtice | Celtica | Celticum | Celticī | Celticae | Celtica | |
Derived terms
- Celtica
- Celticē
- Celticī
- Celticum
Descendants
- Galician: Céltigos
- → English: Celtic
- → French: celtique
- → Galician: céltico
- → Italian: celtico
- → Portuguese: céltico
- → Spanish: céltico
Noun
Celticus m (genitive Celticī); second declension
- the Celtic nation, the land of the Celts
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Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Celticus | Celticī |
| Genitive | Celticī | Celticōrum |
| Dative | Celticō | Celticīs |
| Accusative | Celticum | Celticōs |
| Ablative | Celticō | Celticīs |
| Vocative | Celtice | Celticī |
References
- “Celtae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Celticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Celticus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016