Isca Dumnoniorum

Latin

Etymology

From Isca (“city on the Exe”), with the local tribe Dumnōniī used to distinguish it from the similarly named Isca Augusta (“Caerleon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ka dum.noː.niˈoː.rum/, [ˈɪs̠kä d̪ʊmnoːniˈoːrʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ka dum.no.niˈo.rum/, [ˈiskä d̪umnoniˈɔːrum]

Proper noun

Isca Dumnōniōrum f sg (genitive Iscae Dumnōniōrum); first declension

1. (historical) Exeter (a town in Britannia)

Declension

First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Isca Dumnōniōrum
Genitive	Iscae Dumnōniōrum
Dative	Iscae Dumnōniōrum
Accusative	Iscam Dumnōniōrum
Ablative	Iscā Dumnōniōrum
Vocative	Isca Dumnōniōrum
Locative	Iscae Dumnōniōrum

Synonyms

• Isca (ancient); Exōnia (Med. & mod.)

References

• “Isca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly