Isca Augusta

Latin

Etymology

From Isca (city on the Usk), with the imperial honorific Augusta used to distinguish it from the similarly named Isca Dumnōniōrum (Exeter).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈis.ka au̯ˈɡus.ta/, [ˈɪs̠kä äu̯ˈɡʊs̠t̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈis.ka au̯ˈɡus.ta/, [ˈiskä äu̯ˈɡust̪ä]

Proper noun

Isca Augusta f sg (genitive Iscae Augustae); first declension

  1. (historical) Caerleon (a town in Britannia)

Declension

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

  • Isca, Isca Silurum (ancient)

References

  • Isca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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