Geraestus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Geraestos

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Γεραιστός (Geraistós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡeˈrae̯s.tus/, [ɡɛˈräe̯s̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒeˈres.tus/, [d͡ʒeˈrɛst̪us]

Proper noun

Geraestus f sg (genitive Geraestī); second declension

1. the principal town of Euboea, near the promontory Geraestus or Geraestum, opposite to the promontory of Sunium, now Geresto, or, according to others, Kastri

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Geraestus
Genitive	Geraestī
Dative	Geraestō
Accusative	Geraestum
Ablative	Geraestō
Vocative	Geraeste
Locative	Geraestī

Derived terms

• Geraesticus portus

References

• “Gĕraestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Geraestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.