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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἴκος (Íkos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Icus f sg (genitive Icī); second declension
- An island of the Aegean Sea mentioned by Livy
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Icus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Icus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly