Clastidium

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.

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

  • → 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.
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