LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · femininethird declension

Carcasō

Carcasō f sg (genitive Carcasōnis)
Classical[ˈkar.ka.soː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkar.ka.s̬o]

Meaning

  1. a town in Gallia Narbonensis, in the territory of the Tectosages, in modern Aude department, Occitania, France; modern Carcassonne

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeCarcasō—
genitiveCarcasōnis—
dativeCarcasōnī—
accusativeCarcasōnem—
ablativeCarcasōne—
vocativeCarcasō—
locativeCarcasōnī
Carcasōne		—

Carcăso, ōnis, f. (Carcăsum, i, n., Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 38),
I. a city of Gallia Narbonensis, now Carcassone, Caes. B. G. 3, 2 al.; Itin. Hieros. p. 551.

Origins

Possibly from the pre-Indo-European root *kar "stone," found in other Celtic placenames (compare Welsh carreg (“stone”)), and Gaulish kassanos (“oak”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyCarcasoCarcaso (Carcassone), a town in the Provincia of Caesar (Caes. Gal. 3.20), and the Gallia Narbonensis of Pliny (3.4), who calls it Carcasum Volcarum T…

Quick answers

What does Carcasō mean in Latin?
Carcasō, a proper noun, means “a town in Gallia Narbonensis, in the territory of the Tectosages, in modern Aude department, Occitania, France; modern Carcassonne”.
What is the genitive of Carcasō?
The genitive singular is Carcasōnis. Carcasō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Carcasō?
In classical Latin, [ˈkar.ka.soː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkar.ka.s̬o].