Aeculanum

Latin

Alternative forms

• Aeclānum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀικούλανον (Aikoúlanon), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *aikwo- (“plain”), probably through a Messapic (Daunian) language. Compared is aequor (“leveled surface”), but this is disputed. Also see the proper names Aecae, Aequi and Aequum Tuticum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ae̯.kuˈlaː.num/, [äe̯kʊˈɫ̪äːnʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.kuˈla.num/, [ekuˈläːnum]

Proper noun

Aeculānum n sg (genitive Aeculānī); second declension

1. A town of the Hirpini, in Samnium, between Beneventum and Aquilonia

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Aeculānum
genitive	Aeculānī
dative	Aeculānō
accusative	Aeculānum
ablative	Aeculānō
vocative	Aeculānum
locative	Aeculānī

Derived terms

• Aeculānī
• Aeculānus
• Aeculānēnsēs, Aeclānēnsēs

References

• “Aeculanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Aeculanum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Aeculanum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Universal Historical Dictionary: Or Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places in the Departments of Biblical, Political and Eccles. History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Bibliography, Geography, and Numismatics, Volume 1
• "Aeculanum" Hirpini et Daunia