Cestria

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek *Κεστρῐ́ᾱ (*Kestríā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkes.tri.a/, [ˈkɛs̠t̪riä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃes.tri.a/, [ˈt͡ʃɛst̪riä]

Proper noun

Cestria f sg (genitive Cestriae); first declension

1. A town in Epirus situated in the south of Chaonia

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cestria
Genitive	Cestriae
Dative	Cestriae
Accusative	Cestriam
Ablative	Cestriā
Vocative	Cestria
Locative	Cestriae

Derived terms

• Cestrīnī

References

• “Cestrine”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Cestria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.