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单词 celtiberi
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Celtiberin.

Brit. /ˌkɛltᵻˈbɪəri/, /ˌsɛltᵻˈbɪəri/, U.S. /ˌkɛltəˈbɪri/, /ˌsɛltəˈbɪri/
Forms: 1500s– Celtiberi, 1700s– Keltiberi (now rare).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Celtibēri.
Etymology: < classical Latin Celtibēri, plural < Celtae , plural (see Celt n.1) + Ibēri , plural (see Iberian adj.), probably after Hellenistic Greek Κελτίβηρες . Compare Celtiberian n. and the Latin and Greek forms cited at that entry.Compare also the following example of Old English Sceltiuerin (dative plural) in which the ethnonym appears in an erroneous form as a result of faulty word division, perhaps already in the exemplar (the final -s of the preceding Latin word ingens has been mistakenly attached to the ethnonym):eOE tr. Orosius Hist. (BL Add.) (1980) iv. xii. 111 Wearþ Romanum se mæsta ege from Sceltiuerin [OE Tiber. sceltiferin], Ispania folce [L. ingens Celtiberorum metus].
With plural agreement. With the. The peoples inhabiting the north-central part of the Iberian peninsula in the pre-Roman and early Roman period, considered collectively. Cf. Celtiberian n. and adj.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of Iberia > [noun]
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1544 A. Cope Hist. Anniball & Scipio xliiii. f. 81v Their felowes and friendes, in whom they trust be gone from theim, euen as the people called Celtiberi, departed and forsoke you, when ye hadde moste nede of theim.
1664 T. Philipot Orig. & Growth Spanish Monarchy i. 60 The ancient Inhabitants were the Celtiberi, who spread themselves over a very considerable part of Spain.
1756 Addr. Electors of Eng. 20 The two Scipio's..who then commanded in Spain, took 30,000 Celtiberi into their Service.
1850 C. Anthon Syst. Anc. & Mediæval Geogr. 53 The Celtiberi were distinguished from the neighboring Iberians by a difference of language, a much ruder mode of life,..and their whole mode of carrying on war.
2004 L. A. Curchin Romanization of Central Spain ix. 199 The Celtiberi, who in most aspects are among the most Romanized chiefdoms of Central Spain.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2022).
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