Icosium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰκόσιον (Ikósion), from Punic 𐤀𐤉𐤊𐤎𐤌 (ʾyksm).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Icosium n sg (genitive Icosiī or Icosī); second declension

  1. A city on the coast of Algeria, Roman Mauretania Caesariensis, now contained by the qaṣaba of Algiers

Declension

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

singular
nominative Icosium
genitive Icosiī
Icosī1
dative Icosiō
accusative Icosium
ablative Icosiō
vocative Icosium
locative Icosiī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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