Cassivellaunus

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kas.si.u̯elˈlau̯.nus/, [käs̠ːiu̯ɛlˈlʲäu̯nʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kas.si.velˈlau̯.nus/, [käsːivelˈläːu̯nus]

Proper noun

Cassivellaunus m sg (genitive Cassivellaunī); second declension

1. A British chief who fought against Caesar

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cassivellaunus
Genitive	Cassivellaunī
Dative	Cassivellaunō
Accusative	Cassivellaunum
Ablative	Cassivellaunō
Vocative	Cassivellaune

References

• Cassivellaunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cassivellaunus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray