Σηστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛːs.tós/ → /sisˈtos/ → /sisˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛːs.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /se̝sˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sisˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sisˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sisˈtos/

Proper noun

Σηστός • (Sēstós) f (genitive Σηστοῦ); second declension

1. Sestus, Thrace, Turkey

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Σηστός; τῆς Σηστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σηστός hē Sēstós
Genitive	τῆς Σηστοῦ tês Sēstoû
Dative	τῇ Σηστῷ têi Sēstôi
Accusative	τὴν Σηστόν tḕn Sēstón
Vocative	Σηστέ Sēsté
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σήστιος (Sḗstios)

Descendants

• Latin: Sestus

Further reading

• “Σηστός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Σηστός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette