Carcaso

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Carcasum === Etymology === Possibly from the pre-Indo-European root *kar "stone," found in other Celtic placenames (compare Welsh carreg (“stone”)), and Gaulish kassanos (“oak”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkar.ka.soː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkar.ka.s̬o] === Proper noun === Carcasō f sg (genitive Carcasōnis); third declension a town in Gallia Narbonensis, in the territory of the Tectosages, in modern Aude department, Occitania, France; modern Carcassonne ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === References === “Carcaso”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Carcaso”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Albert Dauzat et Charles Rostaing, Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France, Paris, Librairie Guénégaud, 1979 (→ISBN), p. 147a