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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σκύλαξ (Skúlax).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Scylax m sg (genitive Scylacis); third declension
- A Greek geographer born in Caryanda
- The chief tributary river of the Iris, now the Çekerek River
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
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.