Sestus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Sēstos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σηστός (Sēstós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseːs.tus/, [ˈs̠eːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈses.tus/, [ˈsɛst̪us]

Proper noun

Sēstus f sg (genitive Sēstī); second declension

1. an important city of Chersonesus in Thrace, situated opposite to Abydos

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sēstus
Genitive	Sēstī
Dative	Sēstō
Accusative	Sēstum
Ablative	Sēstō
Vocative	Sēste
Locative	Sēstī

Related terms

• Sēstiacus
• Sēstias

References

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