Veliocasses

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Velocassēs === Etymology === Celtic/Gaulish name, from Proto-Celtic *wellos (“better, good”) + *kassos (“curly, twisted”), found in many other tribe names such as Baiocasses. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɛ.li.ɔˈkas.seːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ve.li.oˈkas.ses] === Proper noun === Veliocassēs m pl (genitive Veliocassum); third declension A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Rotomagus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, plural only. === References === “Velocasses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Veliocasses”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Velocasses”, 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. p. 109 et p. 310.