Celtae

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Kελτοί (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) IPA^(key): /ˈkel.tae̯/, [ˈkɛɫ.tae̯]

Noun

Celtae m pl (genitive Celtārum); first declension

the Celts (inhabitants of Gaul)

Inflection

First declension.

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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[1] 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'”.