noun · femininethird declension
celtis
celtis f (genitive celtis)
Classical[ˈkɛɫ.tɪs]Ecclesiastical[ˈt͡ʃɛl.tis]
Meaning
- femininea tree, considered to be the hackberry
- femininechisel
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | celtis | celtēs |
| genitive | celtis | celtium |
| dative | celtī | celtibus |
| accusative | celtem | celtēs celtīs |
| ablative | celte | celtibus |
| vocative | celtis | celtēs |
celtis, is, f.,
I. an African species of lotus, Plin. 13, 17, 32, § 104.
Origins
Transcription of some African word not used in Latin for the plant. Spurious word in the sense of a chisel in the Vulgate, Book of Job, 19:24, for correct certē, after which some Medieval Latin compositions used it. In a 19ᵗʰ-century edition of Mulomedicina Chironis, also introduced as a bad conjecture for the second half of a new diminutive secūricella of secūricula, diminutive of secūris (“hatchet”).
Descendants
- Englishcelt
- GermanCelt
- TranslingualCeltis