Abascus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄβασκος (Ábaskos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈbas.kus/, [äˈbäs̠kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈbas.kus/, [äˈbäskus]

Proper noun

Abascus m sg (genitive Abascī); second declension

1. A river that flows through the territory of the Abasci

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Abascus
genitive	Abascī
dative	Abascō
accusative	Abascum
ablative	Abascō
vocative	Abasce

References

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