Celtae, ārum, m., = Κελτοί, Κέλται,
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. —
II Hence deriv.: Celtĭcus , a, um, adj.
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.—
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 Gallaecia , now Capo Finisterre , id. 3, 1, 7; Plin. 4, 20, 34, § 111.—
C (In a broader sense.) Celtic = of Upper Italy : rura, Sil. 1, 46.—
D Celtĭca , ae, f. (sc. terra), the Celtic country , Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 14; 6, 13, 14, § 34.—
E Celtĭcum , i, n. (sc. nomen or imperium), the Celtic nation , Celts , Liv. 5, 34, 1.