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Latin
Etymology
From Thracian Uskudama (“water town”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Uscudama f sg (genitive Uscudamae); first declension
- The stronghold of the Odrysians, later conquered by the Bessi. Renamed Hadrianopolis under the Roman Empire
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker (in German), volume 2, Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, pages 49, 76, 86
- ^ Tomaschek, Wilhelm (1894) Die Alten Thraker: Eine ethnologische Untersuchung (Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe; 130) (in German), volume II.2, Vienna, page 57
Further reading
- Uscudama in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Bessi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly