Nestus

See also: nestus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Nestos

View of the river

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέστος (Néstos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnes.tus/, [ˈnɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnes.tus/, [ˈnɛst̪us]

Proper noun

Nestus m sg (genitive Nestī); second declension

1. A river of Thrace, now the Mesta

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nestus
Genitive	Nestī
Dative	Nestō
Accusative	Nestum
Ablative	Nestō
Vocative	Neste

References

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