Phaestum

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαιστός (Phaistós).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Phaestum n sg (genitive Phaestī); second declension

  1. A town of Crete situated near Gortyna

Declension[edit]

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

Case Singular
Nominative Phaestum
Genitive Phaestī
Dative Phaestō
Accusative Phaestum
Ablative Phaestō
Vocative Phaestum
Locative Phaestī

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References[edit]

  • Phaestum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Phaestum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Phaestus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly