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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰκόσιον (Ikósion), from Punic 𐤀𐤉𐤊𐤎𐤌 (ʾyksm).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Icosium n sg (genitive Icosiī or Icosī); second declension
- A city on the coast of Algeria, Roman Mauretania Caesariensis, now contained by the qaṣaba of Algiers
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Icosium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Icosium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Icosium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia