Paestum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Paestum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛs.təm/
  • Hyphenation: Paes‧tum

Proper noun

Paestum

  1. An ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia, on the coast of present-day Campania in southern Italy.

Anagrams

Italian

Proper noun

Paestum m

  1. Paestum (ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia, in modern Campania, Italy)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Lucanian *𐌐𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌏𐌔 (*paistos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Paestum n sg (genitive Paestī); second declension

  1. Paestum (ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia, in modern Campania, Italy)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Paestum
genitive Paestī
dative Paestō
accusative Paestum
ablative Paestō
vocative Paestum
locative Paestī

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • Paestānī
  • Paestānus

References

  • “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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