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Latin
Etymology
Celtic/Gaulish meaning "those with blond curls," from Gallo-Roman Baius << Gaulish *Bayos << Proto-Celtic *bodyos (“yellow”) + *kassos (“curly, twisted”). Compare Veliocasses and the Old Irish buide cass.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Baiocassēs m pl (genitive Baiocassium); third declension
- A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Augustodurus
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
References
- Baiocasses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Baiocasses”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise (Éditions errance, 2003), pp. 63 and 156–157.