Scylaceum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Scylacium, Scylletium, Scolacium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σκυλάκιον (Skulákion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /skyˈla.ke.um/, [s̠kʏˈɫ̪äkeʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ʃiˈla.t͡ʃe.um/, [ʃiˈläːt͡ʃeum]

Proper noun

Scylaceum n sg (genitive Scylaceī); second declension

1. A town on the east coast of Bruttium, now Squillace

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Scylaceum
Genitive	Scylaceī
Dative	Scylaceō
Accusative	Scylaceum
Ablative	Scylaceō
Vocative	Scylaceum
Locative	Scylaceī

Descendants

• Italian: Squillace

References

• “Scylacium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Scylaceum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.