Paestum
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Paestum
- An ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia, on the coast of present-day Campania in southern Italy.
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Italian[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Paestum m
- Paestum (ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia, in modern Campania, Italy)
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Lucanian *𐌐𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌏𐌔 (*paistos).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpae̯s.tum/, [ˈpäe̯s̠t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpes.tum/, [ˈpɛst̪um]
Proper noun[edit]
Paestum n sg (genitive Paestī); second declension
- Paestum (ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia, in modern Campania, Italy)
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Paestum |
| Genitive | Paestī |
| Dative | Paestō |
| Accusative | Paestum |
| Ablative | Paestō |
| Vocative | Paestum |
| Locative | Paestī |
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References[edit]
- “Paestum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Paestum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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- it:Ancient settlements
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- la:Ancient settlements
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