1. celtis — Lewis & Short
celtis, is, f.,
I an African species of lotus, Plin. 13, 17, 32, § 104.
The corpus record — Latin
celtis
celtis · f
an African species of lotus
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Where it lives
- Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
What it meant
2. celtis — Walde–Hofmann
celtis, -is f. , Meifel* (Vulg.; auch „eine Art Fisch“ Cl., s. Laistner CI. Quart. 19, 192 f. 20, 26): wenn echt, so wegen seines späten Auftretens und des e (das trotz Havet MSL. 5, 46), Meillet Esq. hist. lat. 139 kaum geblieben würe ; s. Sommer Hb.* 60, Leumann-Stolz* 59) wohl Fremdwort; spez. kelt. Herkunft (Skutsch BB. 22, 126£.) ist nicht zu erweisen. Also nicht als Erbwort aus *cel-tis (bzw. *celetis Osthoff … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. celtis, p. 230]
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Where it came from
- Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. celtis (scan p. 136; entry #2003).
- Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. celtis (scan p. 230; entry #611). Root candidates: *cele-.
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