Gallaeci

See also: gallaeci

English

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Noun

Gallaeci pl (plural only)

  1. An ancient Celtic people who inhabited Gallaecia.

Derived terms

Latin
Head of a Gallaecian, wearing a torc and helmet
They lived in fortified towns and hill-forts

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Etymology

From the endonym of a local Celtic tribe (compare Ancient Greek Καλλαϊκοί (Kallaïkoí)). Either from Proto-Celtic *kallī (“wood”) or from a descendant of Proto-Indo-European *kl̥H-ní-s (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- + a relational suffix *-aecus, of Lusitanian or Hispano-Celtic origin.[1] Compare also Gallus, Gallia, and Portus Cale, whence Portugal. See also Gael, Galway.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡalˈlae̯.kiː/, [ɡälˈlʲäe̯kiː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡalˈle.t͡ʃi/, [ɡälˈlɛːt͡ʃi]

Proper noun

Gallaecī m pl (genitive Gallaecōrum); second declension

  1. A Celtic people of Hispania Tarraconensis, who dwelt in the northwestern part of the Iberian peninsula

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Gallaecī
Genitive Gallaecōrum
Dative Gallaecīs
Accusative Gallaecōs
Ablative Gallaecīs
Vocative Gallaecī

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Galician: galego
  • Portuguese: galego
  • Spanish: gallego

References
  • Gallaeci in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  1. Moralejo, Juan J. (2008). Callaica nomina: estudios de onomástica gallega. A Coruña: Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, pages 113–148. →ISBN.
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