Isca Silurum
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Latin
Etymology
From Isca (“city on the Usk”), with the local tribe Silurēs used to distinguish it from the similarly named Isca Dumnōniōrum (“Exeter”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈis.ka ˈsi.lu.rum/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈis.ka ˈsi.lu.rum/,
Proper noun
Isca Silurum f sg (genitive Iscae Silurum); first declension
- (historical) Synonym of Isca Augusta, Caerleon on the Usk
Declension
First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Isca Silurum |
| genitive | Iscae Silurum |
| dative | Iscae Silurum |
| accusative | Iscam Silurum |
| ablative | Iscā Silurum |
| vocative | Isca Silurum |
| locative | Iscae Silurum |
References
- “Isca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly