Mons Casinus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas- (“grayish-white”), via Oscan *kasīno-, in reference to the frequent fog, cognate to Latin cānus (“hoary”), cascus (“old”).[1] C.f. the toponyms Casilīnum (Campania), Casuentum (Umbria).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mōns Casīnus m sg (genitive Montis Casīnī); third declension

  1. Monte Cassino (rocky hill near the town of Cassino, the site of the first Benedictine monastery)
    Typīs Archicœnobiī Montis Casīnī [1]
    from the Printing House of the Archabbey of Monte Cassino

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem) with a second-declension adjective, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Mōns Casīnus
genitive Montis Casīnī
dative Montī Casīnō
accusative Montem Casīnum
ablative Monte Casīnō
vocative Mōns Casīne
locative Montī Casīnī
Monte Casīnī

References

  1. ^ Opfermann, Andreas (2019), Zur oskischen Herkunft des Ortsnamens ‚Casīnum‘

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