Casilinum

Latin

Etymology

First mentioned by Pliny in Hist. Nat. iii.70. Of uncertain origin, perhaps from an earlier name *Kasi-lo-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas- (“grey”), similar to canus, with the common suffix -inum, -ino (as in Arpinum). Compare Casinum in Latium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ka.siˈliː.num/, [käs̠ɪˈlʲiːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.siˈli.num/, [käs̬iˈliːnum]

Proper noun

Casilīnum n sg (genitive Casilīnī); second declension

1. A city in modern Campania, Italy, now part of Capua

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Casilīnum
Genitive	Casilīnī
Dative	Casilīnō
Accusative	Casilīnum
Ablative	Casilīnō
Vocative	Casilīnum
Locative	Casilīnī

References

• “Casilinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Casilinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Villar: Villar, F. La complessità dei livelli di stratificazione indoeuropea nell'Europa occidentale, in Bocchi, G., Ceruti, M. (eds.), Le radici prime dell'Europa, Milano 2001.