Ascanius

English

Etymology

From Latin Ascanius, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάνιος (Askánios).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æˈskeɪni.əs/

Proper noun

Ascanius

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A legendary king of Alba Longa, and the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas.

Translations

the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas

• Armenian: Ասկանիոս (hy) (Askanios)
• Finnish: Askanios
• French: Ascagne (fr)
• German: Ascanius (de)
• Greek: Ασκάνιος (el) (Askánios)

  Ancient: Ἀσκάνιος (Askánios)

• Italian: Ascanio (it)
• Latin: Ascanius
• Portuguese: Ascânio m
• Russian: Аска́ний (ru) (Askánij)
• Swedish: Ascanius

Anagrams

• anacusis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀσκάνιος (Askánios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈka.ni.us/, [äs̠ˈkäniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈka.ni.us/, [äsˈkäːnius]

Proper noun

Ascanius m sg (genitive Ascaniī or Ascanī); second declension

1. Ascanius
2. A river and lake in Bithynia, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

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

• “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