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English
Noun
Cassi pl (plural only)
- (historical) A tribe of Iron Age Britain in the first century BCE, known only from a brief mention in the writings of Julius Caesar.
Anagrams
Catalan
Proper noun
Cassi m
- Cassius
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Cassī m pl (genitive Cassōrum); second declension
- A Celtic tribe of Britannia, mentioned by Caesar.
c. 52 BCE,
Julius Caesar,
Commentarii de Bello Gallico 5.21:
- Trinovantibus defensis atque ab omni militum iniuria prohibitis, Cenimagni, Segontiaci, Ancalites, Bibroci, Cassi legationibus missis sese Caesari dedunt.
- The Trinobantes being protected and secured from any violence of the soldiers, the Cenimagni, the Segontiaci, the Ancalites, the Bibroci, and the Cassi, sending embassies, surrendered themselves to Caesar.
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
References
- Cassi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Cassi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly