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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Casius m sg (genitive Casiī or Casī); second declension
- A mountain in Syria, whose base was bathed by the river Orontes
- A mountain in Egypt situated near the borders with Arabia
- A river in Albania, forming the northern boundary of the country
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Casius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Casius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly