Veliocasses

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Celtic/Gaulish name, from Proto-Celtic *wellos (better, good) + *kassos (curly, twisted), found in many other tribe names such as Baiocasses.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Veliocassēs m pl (genitive Veliocassum); third declension

  1. A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Rotomagus

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Veliocassēs
Genitive Veliocassum
Dative Veliocassibus
Accusative Veliocassēs
Ablative Veliocassibus
Vocative Veliocassēs

References[edit]

  • Velocasses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Veliocasses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Velocasses”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, éditions errance 2003. p. 109 et p. 310.