Mascas

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μασκᾶς (Maskâs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmas.kaːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmas.kas] === Proper noun === Mascās m sg (genitive Mascae); first declension A river of Mesopotamia flowing into the Euphrates ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only. === References === “Mascas”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly