Scylax

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σκύλαξ (Skúlax).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsky.laks/, [ˈs̠kʏɫ̪äks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃi.laks/, [ˈʃiːläks]

Proper noun

Scylax m sg (genitive Scylacis); third declension

1. A Greek geographer born in Caryanda
2. The chief tributary river of the Iris, now the Çekerek River

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Scylax
genitive	Scylacis
dative	Scylacī
accusative	Scylacem
ablative	Scylace
vocative	Scylax

References

• “Scylax”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Scylax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.