Uscudama

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Thracian Uskudama (water town).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Uscudama f sg (genitive Uscudamae); first declension[2]

  1. The stronghold of the Odrysians, later conquered by the Bessi. Renamed Hadrianopolis under the Roman Empire

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Uscudama
Genitive Uscudamae
Dative Uscudamae
Accusative Uscudamam
Ablative Uscudamā
Vocative Uscudama
Locative Uscudamae

References[edit]

  1. ^ Duridanov, Ivan Vasiliev (1985) Die Sprache der Thraker[1] (in German), volume 2, Hieronymus Verlag, →ISBN, pages 49, 76, 86
  2. ^ Tomaschek, Wilhelm (1893-1894) Die Alten Thraker: Eine ethnologische Untersuchung[2] (in German), Verlag von Friedrich Tempsky, archived from the original on 2017, page 57

Further reading[edit]

  • 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