Isca Dumnoniorum
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Isca (“city on the Exe”), with the local tribe Dumnōniī used to distinguish it from the similarly named Isca Augusta (“Caerleon”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈis.ka dum.noː.niˈoː.rum/, [ˈɪs̠kä d̪ʊmnoːniˈoːrʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈis.ka dum.no.niˈo.rum/, [ˈiskä d̪umnoniˈɔːrum]
Proper noun[edit]
Isca Dumnōniōrum f sg (genitive Iscae Dumnōniōrum); first declension
- (historical) Exeter (a town in Britannia)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Isca Dumnōniōrum |
| Genitive | Iscae Dumnōniōrum |
| Dative | Iscae Dumnōniōrum |
| Accusative | Iscam Dumnōniōrum |
| Ablative | Iscā Dumnōniōrum |
| Vocative | Isca Dumnōniōrum |
| Locative | Iscae Dumnōniōrum |
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Isca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly