Ascanius

English

Etymology

From Latin Ascanius, from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάνιος (Askánios).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æˈskeɪni.əs/

Proper noun

Ascanius

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A legendary king of Alba Longa, and the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀσκάνιος (Askánios).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ascanius m sg (genitive Ascaniī or Ascanī); second declension

  1. Ascanius
  2. a river and lake in Bithynia, mentioned by Pliny

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Ascanius
genitive Ascaniī
Ascanī1
dative Ascaniō
accusative Ascanium
ablative Ascaniō
vocative Ascanī

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

References

  • Ascanius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ascanius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Ascanius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Ascanius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray