Cassi

See also: cassi

English

Noun

Cassi pl (plural only)

1. (historical) A tribe of Iron Age Britain in the first century BCE, known only from a brief mention in the writings of Julius Caesar.

Anagrams

• Issac, Sicas, cissa, saics

Catalan

Proper noun

Cassi m

1. Cassius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.siː/, [ˈkäs̠ːiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkas.si/, [ˈkäsːi]

Proper noun

Cassī m pl (genitive Cassōrum); second declension

1. A Celtic tribe of Britannia, 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.

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Cassī
Genitive	Cassōrum
Dative	Cassīs
Accusative	Cassōs
Ablative	Cassīs
Vocative	Cassī

References

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