Icosium

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰκόσιον (Ikósion), from Punic 𐤀𐤉𐤊𐤎𐤌 (ʾyksm).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iˈko.si.um/, [ɪˈkɔs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈko.si.um/, [iˈkɔːs̬ium]

Proper noun

Icosium n sg (genitive Icosiī or Icosī); second declension

1. A city on the coast of Algeria, Roman Mauretania Caesariensis, now contained by the qaṣaba of Algiers

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Icosium
genitive	Icosiī Icosī1
dative	Icosiō
accusative	Icosium
ablative	Icosiō
vocative	Icosium
locative	Icosiī

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

References

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