Sestus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σηστός (Sēstós).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈseːs.tus/, [ˈs̠eːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈses.tus/, [ˈsɛst̪us]
Proper noun[edit]
Sēstus f sg (genitive Sēstī); second declension
- an important city of Chersonesus in Thrace, situated opposite to Abydos
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Sēstus |
Genitive | Sēstī |
Dative | Sēstō |
Accusative | Sēstum |
Ablative | Sēstō |
Vocative | Sēste |
Locative | Sēstī |
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Sestos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sestos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Sestus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly