单词 | celtiberian |
释义 | Celtiberiann.adj. A. n. 1. A member of any of various peoples inhabiting the north-central part of the Iberian peninsula in the pre-Roman and early Roman period, primarily in the area between the Ebro basin and the eastern side of the Meseta plateau; a native of this area. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of Iberia > [noun] Celtiberi1544 Celtiberian1544 Iberian1623 1544 A. Cope Hist. Anniball & Scipio f. 123v The poore army of the Celtiberians remained alone, naked, destitute of helpe or refuge. 1695 L. Echard Rom. Hist. I. ii. xi. 226 The Romans were for about 12 Years after this chiefly employ'd in Wars with their Neighbours the Ligurians and Istrians..and likewise with the Celtiberians in Spain, all which they reduc'd to Subjection. 1797 Encycl. Brit. IV. 284/1 The Celtiberians were very cruel towards their enemies. 1936 Antiquity 10 274 The Celtiberians had a two-piece plough. 2017 Phoenix 71 419 Martial as a code-switching Celtiberian..constructed his complex (poetic) identity dialectically between Bilbilis and Rome. 2. The language of the Celtiberians; spec. a (pre-Roman) Celtic language formerly spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Also (occasionally): the script used to write this language.Celtiberian is largely attested from a small corpus of epigraphic texts primarily written using an adapted form of Iberian script, and from onomastic evidence. ΚΠ 1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata ii. 315 This Celtick..took likewise on it new Names, after the Denominations of the several Sets of People then combining under several Polities and Establishments... In Spain it continued to be call'd Celtiberian for some Time, and then came to be call'd Cantabrian. 1777 F. Carter Journey from Gibraltar to Malaga I. Pref. p. xiv The ten [coins] which follow are in Celtiberian, the original characters of the oldest inhabitants of Spain of whom we have any account. 1886 Proc. Canad. Inst. 3 iii. 265 I regard Q as the equivalent of O with a perpendicular line from the base, employed as M, just as O with a dot in the centre is in Celtiberian. 1975 Ériu 26 30 Only the insular languages kept the original distribution of endings, while Continental Celtic (or at any rate Celtiberian) participated in the general redistribution of endings. 2017 Mnemosyne 70 525 Reflexes of *(H)yo- are found in Greek, Sanskrit, Avestan, Phrygian and Celtiberian. B. adj. Of or relating to the Celtiberians, or their territory, culture, etc. Also: of or relating to Celtiberian or the script in which this language was written (cf. sense A. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of ancient or medieval Europe > native or inhabitant of Iberia > [adjective] Celtiberian1614 Iberiana1618 the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > Iberian peninsula and islands > [adjective] > Spain > parts of Spain Asturian1612 Celtiberian1614 Andalusian1615 Cantabrian1642 Catalonian1707 Valencia1794 Manchego1828 Castilian1829 Sevillian1830 Andorran1837 Manchegan1841 Gallegan1845 Leonese1845 Granadine1865 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Celtic > other Pictish1581 Doric1621 Gadhelic1775 Celtiberian1845 Goidelic1874 Q-Celtic1892 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. v. iii. xi. 473 The Carthaginians being occupied in the Celtiberian Warre. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman vi. 48 How Titus Sempronius Gracchus subdued the Celtiberian Spaniards. 1786 R. P. Knight Acct. Worship of Priapus 134 On a Celtiberian or Runic medal found in Spain. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 1345/1 The Celtiberian alphabet, of which there are several specimens in inscriptions and on coins, has not as yet been fully deciphered. 1924 Glasgow Herald 28 July 5 Numantia, the capital of the powerful Celtiberian tribe, the Arevaci. 2019 J. Ferrer & N. Moncunill in A. G. Sinner & J. Velaza Palaeohispanic Langs. & Epigraphies iv. 90 The Celtiberian script is clearly an adaptation of the north-eastern Iberian script to the specificities of the Celtiberian language. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.adj.1544 |
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