Veliocasses

Latin

Alternative forms

• Velocassēs

Etymology

Celtic/Gaulish name, from Proto-Celtic *wellos (“better, good”) + *kassos (“curly, twisted”), found in many other tribe names such as Baiocasses.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /u̯e.li.oˈkas.seːs/, [u̯ɛlʲiɔˈkäs̠ːeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ve.li.oˈkas.ses/, [velioˈkäsːes]

Proper noun

Veliocassēs m pl (genitive Veliocassum); third declension

1. A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Rotomagus

Declension

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Veliocassēs
Genitive	Veliocassum
Dative	Veliocassibus
Accusative	Veliocassēs
Ablative	Veliocassibus
Vocative	Veliocassēs

References

• “Velocasses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Veliocasses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Velocasses”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise, éditions errance 2003. p. 109 et p. 310.