Casilinum

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Latin

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Etymology

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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

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Proper noun

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Casilīnum n sg (genitive Casilīnī); second declension

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

Declension

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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

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  • 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.