Clastidium

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Latin

Etymology

The second element has been drawn from Proto-Indo-European *stedh-io-, from *steh₂- (to stand). The first element is less clear, but could be from a lost Celtic name.[1][2]

Proper noun

Clastidium n sg (genitive Clastidiī or Clastidī); second declension

  1. A town in Cisalpine Gaul situated near the borders with Liguria, now Casteggio

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Ancient Greek: Κλαστίδιον (Klastídion)
  • Italian: Casteggio

References

  • Clastidium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Clastidium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. ^ DNGI: Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992.
  2. ^ Mac Neill, E. (2021). Phases of Irish History. Czechia: Good Press.