Ascanius
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Ascanius, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάνιος (Askánios).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Ascanius
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A legendary king of Alba Longa, and the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas.
Translations edit
the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἀσκάνιος (Askánios).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /asˈka.ni.us/, [äs̠ˈkäniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /asˈka.ni.us/, [äsˈkäːnius]
Proper noun edit
Ascanius m sg (genitive Ascaniī or Ascanī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Ascanius |
Genitive | Ascaniī Ascanī1 |
Dative | Ascaniō |
Accusative | Ascanium |
Ablative | Ascaniō |
Vocative | Ascanī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “Ascanius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ascanius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Ascanius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “Ascanius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray