Aecae

== Latin == === Etymology === Compare the names Aeculanum, Aequum Tuticum and Superaequum, as well as Aequum in Illyria. Per Ribezzo, possibly from a pre-Oscan (Daunian/Messapic) substrate *aikwo (“plain”), since kw becomes p in Oscan, though this is disputed. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈae̯.kae̯] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.t͡ʃe] === Proper noun === Aecae f pl (genitive Aecārum); first declension an inland town in Apulia, now Troia ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, plural only. ==== Derived terms ==== Aecānī Aecānus ==== References ==== “Aecae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Aecae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Aecae”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Ribezzo, “Roma delle Origini, Sabini e Sabelli”, RIGI XIV 1930