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Baiocasses
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Latin
Alternative forms
la Bodiocassēs
Etymology
la cel -/la cel-gau - meaning "those with blond curls," from Gallo-Roman la Baius << Gaulish cel-gau *Bayos << la cel-pro *bodyos yellow + cel-pro *kassos curly, twisted. Compare la Veliocasses and the sga buide sga cass.
Pronunciation
Baiocassēs
Proper noun
Baiocassēs<3.I.pl> m
A Celtic tribe of Gallia Lugdunensis, whose chief town was Augustodurus
Declension
Baiocassēs<3.I.pl>
References
Xavier Delamarre, Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise (Éditions errance, 2003), pp. 63 and 156–157.
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