Dascylium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δασκύλιον (Daskúlion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dasˈky.li.um/, [d̪äs̠ˈkʏlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /daʃˈʃi.li.um/, [d̪äʃˈʃiːlium]

Proper noun

Dascylium n sg (genitive Dascyliī or Dascylī); second declension

1. A city of Bithynia on the Sea of Marmara

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Dascylium
genitive	Dascyliī Dascylī1
dative	Dascyliō
accusative	Dascylium
ablative	Dascyliō
vocative	Dascylium
locative	Dascyliī

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

References

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