Uscudama

== Latin == === Etymology === From Thracian Uskudama (“water town”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ʊsˈkʊ.da.ma] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [usˈkuː.da.ma] === Proper noun === Uscudama f sg (genitive Uscudamae); first declension The stronghold of the Odrysians, later conquered by the Bessi. Renamed Hadrianopolis under the Roman Empire ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === References === === Further reading === “Uscudama”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Bessi”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly