Uscudama

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Thracian Uskudama (“water town”).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /usˈku.da.ma/, [ʊs̠ˈkʊd̪ämä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /usˈku.da.ma/, [usˈkuːd̪ämä]

Proper noun edit

Uscudama f sg (genitive Uscudamae); first declension^[2]

The stronghold of the Odrysians, later conquered by the Bessi. Renamed Hadrianopolis under the Roman Empire

Declension edit

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Uscudama
Genitive	Uscudamae
Dative	Uscudamae
Accusative	Uscudamam
Ablative	Uscudamā
Vocative	Uscudama
Locative	Uscudamae

References edit

^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, pages 49, 76, 86
^ Tomaschek, Wilhelm (1893-1894) Die Alten Thraker: Eine ethnologische Untersuchung‎^[2] (in German), Verlag von Friedrich Tempsky, archived from the original on 2017, page 57

Further reading edit

Uscudama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Bessi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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