Isca
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk (“Usk, Exe”), conjectured to mean "full of fish".
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɪs.ka]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈis.ka]
Proper noun
Isca f sg (genitive Iscae); first declension
- River Usk
- (historical) short for Isca Augusta, Caerleon on the Usk
- River Exe
- (historical) short for Isca Dumnoniorum, Exeter on the Exe
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Isca |
| genitive | Iscae |
| dative | Iscae |
| accusative | Iscam |
| ablative | Iscā |
| vocative | Isca |
Derived terms
References
- “Isca”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly