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) 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 |
|---|---|
| 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