Scylax

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σκύλαξ (Skúlax).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Scylax m sg (genitive Scylacis); third declension

  1. A Greek geographer born in Caryanda
  2. The chief tributary river of the Iris, now the Çekerek River

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Scylax
genitive Scylacis
dative Scylacī
accusative Scylacem
ablative Scylace
vocative Scylax

References

  • Scylax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Scylax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.