Celticus

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See also: celticus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Celtae (“Celts”) +‎ -icus

Pronunciation

Adjective

Celticus (feminine Celtica, neuter Celticum, adverb Celticē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. 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

Descendants

Noun

Celticus m (genitive Celticī); second declension

  1. the Celtic nation, the land of the Celts
  2. (<span id="rfv-sense-notice-la-not in dicts (like L&S, Du Cange et al., Gaffiot), compared with e.g. Latīnum & Graecum it's rather neuter Celticum; also there's not a single Celtic language but several languages, so possible it's rather something like "the Celtic languages viewed as a single language, the Celtic language family"">Can we verify(+) this sense?) the Celtic language

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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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