Isca Silurum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Isca (“city on the Usk”), with the local tribe Silurēs used to distinguish it from the similarly named Isca Dumnōniōrum (“Exeter”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈis.ka ˈsi.lu.rum/, [ˈɪs̠kä ˈs̠ɪɫ̪ʊrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈis.ka ˈsi.lu.rum/, [ˈiskä ˈsiːlurum]
Proper noun edit
Isca Silurum f sg (genitive Iscae Silurum); first declension
- (historical) Synonym of Isca Augusta, Caerleon on the Usk
Declension edit
First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Isca Silurum |
| Genitive | Iscae Silurum |
| Dative | Iscae Silurum |
| Accusative | Iscam Silurum |
| Ablative | Iscā Silurum |
| Vocative | Isca Silurum |
| Locative | Iscae Silurum |
References edit
- “Isca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly