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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀικούλανον (Aikoúlanon), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *aikwo- (“plain”), probably through a Messapic (Daunian) language. Compared is aequor (“leveled surface”), but this is disputed. Also see the proper names Aecae, Aequi and Aequum Tuticum.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Aeculānum n sg (genitive Aeculānī); second declension
- A town of the Hirpini, in Samnium, between Beneventum and Aquilonia
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- “Aeculanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Aeculanum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Aeculanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Universal Historical Dictionary: Or Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places in the Departments of Biblical, Political and Eccles. History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Bibliography, Geography, and Numismatics, Volume 1
- "Aeculanum" Hirpini et Daunia