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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰκόσιον (Ikósion), from Punic (ʾyksm).
Icosium n sg (genitive Icosiī または Icosī); second declension
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2010/11/27 20:15 UTC 版)
Icosium was first a Phoenician, then a Roman city whose site is currently occupied by the casbah area of the modern city of Algiers. According to Greek legend, Icosium was founded by 20 companions of Hercules, the Greek name, Ικοσιον, being claimed to derive from εικοσι, the Greek word for twenty.