Mogadiscium
Latin
Etymology
Latinized from Italian Mogadiscio, in turn from Somali Muqdisho, itself from Arabic مَقْدِيشُو (maqdīšū, “seat of the Shah”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɔ.ɡaˈdiːs.ki.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mo.ɡaˈd̪iʃ.ʃi.um]
Proper noun
Mogadīscium n sg (genitive Mogadīsciī or Mogadīscī); second declension
- Mogadiscio (the capital city of Somalia)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Mogadīscium |
| genitive | Mogadīsciī Mogadīscī1 |
| dative | Mogadīsciō |
| accusative | Mogadīscium |
| ablative | Mogadīsciō |
| vocative | Mogadīscium |
| locative | Mogadīsciī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).