Sestus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σηστός (Sēstós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈseːs.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛs.t̪us]
Proper noun
Sēstus f sg (genitive Sēstī); second declension
- an important city of Chersonesus in Thrace, situated opposite to Abydos
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Sēstus |
| genitive | Sēstī |
| dative | Sēstō |
| accusative | Sēstum |
| ablative | Sēstō |
| vocative | Sēste |
| locative | Sēstī |
Related terms
- Sēstiacus
- Sēstias
References
- “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