Clastidium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
The second element has been drawn from Proto-Indo-European *stedh-io-, from *steh₂- (“to stand”). The first element is less clear, but could be from a lost Celtic name.[1][2]
Proper noun edit
Clastidium n sg (genitive Clastidiī or Clastidī); second declension
- A town in Gallia Cisalpina situated near the borders with Liguria, now Casteggio
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Clastidium |
| Genitive | Clastidiī Clastidī1 |
| Dative | Clastidiō |
| Accusative | Clastidium |
| Ablative | Clastidiō |
| Vocative | Clastidium |
| Locative | Clastidiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants edit
- → Ancient Greek: Κλαστίδιον (Klastídion)
- Italian: Casteggio
References edit
- “Clastidium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Clastidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.