The ethnic name "Angle" has had various forms and spellings, the earliest attested being Anglii, the Latinized name of a Germanic tribe mentioned in the Germania of Tacitus. It is adjectival in form. An individual of this tribe would have been called "Anglius" if male and "Anglia" if female, (the plural forms being "Anglii" and "Angliae", respectively). The masculine is used for the generic form.
