proper noun · neutersecond declension
Asculum
Asculum n sg (genitive Asculī)
Meaning
- neutersingularAscoli Piceno (a city in Italy)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Asculum | — |
| genitive | Asculī | — |
| dative | Asculō | — |
| accusative | Asculum | — |
| ablative | Asculō | — |
| vocative | Asculum | — |
| locative | Asculī | — |
Ascŭlum (Asclum, Sil. 8, 440, and Itin. Anton.), i, n., = Ἄσκουλον, more freq. Ἄσκλον.
I. The capital of Picenum, now Ascoli, Plin. 3, 13, 18, § 111; Flor. 1, 18, 9; 1, 18, 14; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 492.—Hence, Ascŭlānus, a, um, adj., of Asculum, Asculanian:
triumphus, Plin. 7, 43, 44, § 135. —Ascŭlāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Asculum, Cic. Font. 14.—II. A town in Apulia, Flor. 1, 18, 9 Duker; hence, As-cŭlīnus, a, um, adj., Asculinian:
ager, Front. Colon. p. 110.