Ascalon

English

Proper noun

Ascalon

1. Dated form of Ashkelon.

German

Proper noun

Ascalon n (proper noun, strong, genitive Ascalons)

1. Dated form of Aschkelon.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ascalō

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλων (Askálōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈka.loːn/, [äs̠ˈkäɫ̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈka.lon/, [äsˈkäːlon]

Proper noun

Ascalōn f sg (genitive Ascalōnis); third declension

1. Ashkelon

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ascalōn
Genitive	Ascalōnis
Dative	Ascalōnī
Accusative	Ascalōnem Ascalōna
Ablative	Ascalōne
Vocative	Ascalōn
Locative	Ascalōnī Ascalōne

Derived terms

• ascalōnius
• ascalōnīta

References

• “Ascalo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ascalo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Asquelom (chiefly biblical)
• Ascalão (chiefly referring to the city in medieval times)
• Ashkelon
• Ascalona, Ascalom (less common)
• Ashqelon, Ashquelon, Asquelon, Askelon (uncommon)

Proper noun

Ascalon

1. Ashkelon (a city in Israel)