Carcaso

Latin

Alternative forms

Carcasum

Etymology

Possibly from the pre-Indo-European root *kar "stone," found in other Celtic placenames (compare Welsh carreg (“stone”)), and Gaulish kassanos (“oak”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ka.soː/, [ˈkärkäs̠oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.ka.so/, [ˈkärkäs̬o]

Proper noun

Carcasō f sg (genitive Carcasōnis); third declension

A town in Gallia Narbonensis, in the territory of the Tectosages, now Carcassonne

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Carcasō
genitive	Carcasōnis
dative	Carcasōnī
accusative	Carcasōnem
ablative	Carcasōne
vocative	Carcasō
locative	Carcasōnī Carcasōne

References

“Carcaso”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Carcaso in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Albert Dauzat et Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France, Paris, Librairie Guénégaud, 1979 (→ISBN), p. 147a