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Celtae, ārum, m., = Κελταί,

  1. I. a great parent-stock of people in the north of Europe, the Celts; among the Romans, in a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of Middle Gaul, Caes. B. G. 1, 1; Liv. 5, 34, 1; Mel. 3, 2, 4; cf. Plin. 4, 17, 31, § 105 sq.
  2. II. Hence deriv.: Celtĭcus, a, um, adj.
    1. A. Celtic, of Middle Gaul: Gallia, Plin. 4, 17 31, § 105: spolia, id. 8, 3, 3, § 6.
      * Adv.: Celtĭcē, in the Celtic language, Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 40; Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 27.
    2. B. (Acc. to the wide signif. of the Greeks.) Celtĭci, ōrum, m., a people in interior Spain and on the river Guadiana, Mel. 3, 1, 8; 3, 6, 2; Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 111; also adj.: Celtica gens, Mel. 3, 1, 9; and Promonturium, in Gallœcia, now Capo Finisterre, id. 3, 1, 7; Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 111.
    3. C. (In a broader sense.) Celtic = of Upper Italy: rura, Sil. 1, 46.
    4. D. Celtĭca, ae, f. (sc. terra), the Celtic country, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 14; 6, 13, 14, § 34.
    5. E. Celtĭcum, i, n. (sc. nomen or imperium), the Celtic nation, Celts, Liv. 5, 34, 1.

Celtĭbēri, ōrum, m., = Κελτίβηρες, Celtiberians, a people in Middle Spain, which originated (cf. Luc. 4, 10) by a mingling of the Celts with the native-born Iberians, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 19 sq.; Cic. Tusc. 2, 27, 65; Caes. B. C. 1, 38; Flor. 2, 17, 9; 2, 17, 13; 3, 22, 1 al.
In sing.: Celtĭbēr, ēri, a Celtiberian, Cat. 39, 17 Sillig N. cr.
Hence,

  1. A. Celtĭbēr, ēra, ērum, adj., Celtiberian: terrae, Mart. 12, 18: urbes, Val. Max. 5, 1, 5.
  2. B. Celtĭbērĭa, ae, f., = Κελτιβηρία, the land of the Celtiberians, Celtiberia, Caes. B. C. 1, 61; Cic. Phil. 11, 5, 12; Flor. 4, 2, 28; 4, 2, 87 al.: Celtiberia terra, Cat. 39, 17.
  3. C. Celtĭ-bērĭcus, a, um, adj., Celtiberian: bellum, Liv. 42, 3, 1; Val. Max. 3, 2, 21.
    Adv.: Celtĭbērĭcē, in the Celtiberic language, Plin. 33, 3, 12, § 40 (ex conj. Sillig).

Celtĭcē, adv., v. Celtae, II. A.

Celtĭcus, a, um, v. Celtae, II.

†† celtis, is, f., an African species of lotus, Plin. 13, 17, 32, § 104.