Aeculanum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Aeclānum === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀικούλανον (Aikoúlanon), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *aikwo- (“plain”), probably through a Messapic (Daunian) language. Compared is aequor (“leveled surface”), but this is disputed. Also see the proper names Aecae, Aequi and Aequum Tuticum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ae̯.kʊˈɫaː.nũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [e.kuˈlaː.num] === Proper noun === Aeculānum n sg (genitive Aeculānī); second declension A town of the Hirpini, in Samnium, between Beneventum and Aquilonia ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Aeculānī Aeculānus Aeculānēnsēs, Aeclānēnsēs === References === “Aeculanum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Aeculanum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Aeculanum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Universal Historical Dictionary: Or Explanation of the Names of Persons and Places in the Departments of Biblical, Political and Eccles. History, Mythology, Heraldry, Biography, Bibliography, Geography, and Numismatics, Volume 1 "Aeculanum" Hirpini et Daunia