Cassi
See also: cassi
English edit
Noun edit
Cassi pl (plural only)
- (historical) A tribe of Iron Age Britain in the first century BCE, known only from a brief mention in the writings of Julius Caesar.
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Proper noun edit
Cassi m
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Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkas.siː/, [ˈkäs̠ːiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkas.si/, [ˈkäsːi]
Proper noun edit
Cassī m pl (genitive Cassōrum); second declension
- 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.
- Trinovantibus defensis atque ab omni militum iniuria prohibitis, Cenimagni, Segontiaci, Ancalites, Bibroci, Cassi legationibus missis sese Caesari dedunt.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, plural only.
Case | Plural |
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Nominative | Cassī |
Genitive | Cassōrum |
Dative | Cassīs |
Accusative | Cassōs |
Ablative | Cassīs |
Vocative | Cassī |