Isca Augusta
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Isca (“city on the Usk”), with the imperial honorific Augusta used to distinguish it from the similarly named Isca Dumnōniōrum (“Exeter”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈis.ka au̯ˈɡus.ta/, [ˈɪs̠kä äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈis.ka au̯ˈɡus.ta/, [ˈiskä äu̯ˈɡust̪ä]
Proper noun
[edit]Isca Augusta f sg (genitive Iscae Augustae); first declension
- (historical) Caerleon (a town in Britannia)
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun with a first-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Isca Augusta |
Genitive | Iscae Augustae |
Dative | Iscae Augustae |
Accusative | Iscam Augustam |
Ablative | Iscā Augustā |
Vocative | Isca Augusta |
Locative | Iscae Augustae |
Synonyms
[edit]- Isca, Isca Silurum (ancient)
References
[edit]- “Isca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly