Segontiaci
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /se.ɡonˈti.a.kiː/, [s̠ɛɡɔn̪ˈt̪iäkiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /se.ɡonˈt͡si.a.t͡ʃi/, [seɡonˈt̪͡s̪iːät͡ʃi]
Proper noun[edit]
Segontiacī m pl (genitive Segontiacōrum); second declension
- A Celtic tribe of Britannia, mentioned by Caesar.
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.21:
- Trinovantibus defensis atque ab omni militum iniuria prohibitis, Cenimagni, Segontiaci, Ancalites, Bibroci, Cassi legationibus missis sese Caesari dedunt.
- The Trinobantes being protected and secured from any violence of the soldiers, the Cenimagni, the Segontiaci, the Ancalites, the Bibroci, and the Cassi, sending embassies, surrendered themselves to Caesar.
- Trinovantibus defensis atque ab omni militum iniuria prohibitis, Cenimagni, Segontiaci, Ancalites, Bibroci, Cassi legationibus missis sese Caesari dedunt.
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Segontiacī |
| Genitive | Segontiacōrum |
| Dative | Segontiacīs |
| Accusative | Segontiacōs |
| Ablative | Segontiacīs |
| Vocative | Segontiacī |
References[edit]
- Segontiaci in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Segontiaci”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly