Ascalon

English

Proper noun

Ascalon

1. Dated form of Ashkelon.

German

Proper noun

Ascalon n (proper noun, strong, genitive Ascalons)

1. dated form of Aschkelon

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ascalō

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλων (Askálōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [asˈka.ɫoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [asˈkaː.lon]

Proper noun

Ascalōn f sg (genitive Ascalōnis); third declension

1. Ashkelon

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Ascalōn
genitive	Ascalōnis
dative	Ascalōnī
accusative	Ascalōnem Ascalōna
ablative	Ascalōne
vocative	Ascalōn
locative	Ascalōnī Ascalōne

Derived terms

• ascalōnius
• ascalōnīta

References

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Asquelom (chiefly biblical)
• Ascalão (chiefly referring to the city in medieval times)
• Ashkelon
• Ascalona, Ascalom (less common)
• Ashqelon, Ashquelon, Asquelon, Askelon (uncommon)

Proper noun

Ascalon ?

1. Ashkelon (a city in Israel)