Acestes

Latin

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Acestēs m (genitive Acestae); first declension

  1. Acestes (son of the Sicilian river god Crinisus and a mythical king of Sicily)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

singular plural
nominative Acestēs Acestae
genitive Acestae Acestārum
dative Acestae Acestīs
accusative Acestēn Acestās
ablative Acestē Acestīs
vocative Acestē Acestae

Descendants

  • Italian: Aceste
  • Ancient Greek: Ἀκέστης (Akéstēs)
  • Russian: Ацест (Acest)

References

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