Clastidium
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Clastidium n sg (genitive Clastidiī or Clastidī); second declension
- A town in Gallia Cisalpina situated near the borders with Liguria, now Casteggio
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Clastidium |
Genitive | Clastidiī Clastidī1 |
Dative | Clastidiō |
Accusative | Clastidium |
Ablative | Clastidiō |
Vocative | Clastidium |
Locative | Clastidiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
[edit]- → Ancient Greek: Κλαστίδιον (Klastídion)
- Italian: Casteggio
References
[edit]- “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.