Casius

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• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.si.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.s̬i.us]

Casius m sg (genitive Casiī or Casī); second declension

1. a mountain in Syria, whose base was bathed by the river Orontes
2. a mountain in Egypt situated near the borders with Arabia
3. a river in Albania, forming the northern boundary of the country

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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

• 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