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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰχνοῦσσα (Ikhnoûssa), probably related to ἴχνος (íkhnos, “footstep, footprint”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ichnūsa f sg (genitive Ichnūsae); first declension
- Synonym of Sardinia
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Ichnusa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ichnusa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.