Baiocasses

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Bodiocassēs === Etymology === Celtic/Gaulish meaning "those with blond curls," from Gallo-Roman Baius << Gaulish *Bayos << Proto-Celtic *bodyos (“yellow”) + *kassos (“curly, twisted”). Compare Veliocasses and the Old Irish buide cass. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [baj.jɔˈkas.seːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ba.joˈkas.ses] === Proper noun === Baiocassēs m pl (genitive Baiocassium); third declension A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Augustodurus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only. === References === “Baiocasses”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Baiocasses”, 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), pp. 63 and 156–157.