Ancalites

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• (Classical) IPA^(key): /an.kaˈliː.teːs/, [äŋkäˈlʲiːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /an.kaˈli.tes/, [äŋkäˈliːt̪es]

Ancalitēs m pl (genitive Ancalitum); third declension

1. A tribe of Britain 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.

Third-declension noun, plural only.

• Ancalites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ancalites”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly