Isca

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See also: isca and -isca

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk (“Usk, Exe”), conjectured to mean "full of fish".

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ka/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈis.ka/,

Proper noun

Isca f sg (genitive Iscae); first declension

River Usk
(historical) Short for Isca Augusta, Caerleon on the Usk
River Exe
(historical) Short for Isca Dumnoniorum, Exeter on the Exe

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Isca
genitive	Iscae
dative	Iscae
accusative	Iscam
ablative	Iscā
vocative	Isca

Derived terms

References

“Isca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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