Casus

== German == === Pronunciation === === Noun === Casus m (strong, genitive Casus, plural Casus) alternative form of Kasus 1975, Franz Altheim, Geschichte der Hunnen, 4th volume, 2nd edition, page 79: ==== Derived terms ==== Casus knacksus == Latin == === Etymology 1 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.s̬us] ==== Proper noun ==== Casus f sg (genitive Casī); second declension alternative form of Casos (“the island of Kasos”) ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ===== Descendants ===== Italian: Caso ==== Further reading ==== “Căsŏs (‑us), ī”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. === Etymology 2 === Unknown, but presumably via Ancient Greek. Compare the second element in Καύκασος (Kaúkasos) as well as Caspius. Mentioned only by Pliny (Naturalis Historia 6.39.7). ==== Proper noun ==== Casus m sg (genitive Casī); second declension Casus (a river in Caucasian Albania) ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, singular only.