Isca Dumnoniorum

Latin

Etymology

From Isca (“city on the Exe”), with the local tribe Dumnōniī used to distinguish it from the similarly named Isca Augusta (“Caerleon”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Isca Dumnōniōrum f sg (genitive Iscae Dumnōniōrum); first declension

  1. (historical) Exeter (a town in Britannia)

Declension

First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Isca Dumnōniōrum
Genitive Iscae Dumnōniōrum
Dative Iscae Dumnōniōrum
Accusative Iscam Dumnōniōrum
Ablative Iscā Dumnōniōrum
Vocative Isca Dumnōniōrum
Locative Iscae Dumnōniōrum

Synonyms
  • Isca (ancient); Exōnia (Med. & mod.)

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