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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
Proper noun
Casilīnum n sg (genitive Casilīnī); second declension
- A city in modern Campania, Italy, now part of Capua
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
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.