Tagaste

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /taˈɡas.teː/, [t̪äˈɡäs̠t̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /taˈɡas.te/, [t̪äˈɡäst̪e]

Proper noun

Tagastē f sg (genitive Tagastēs); first declension

1. A town of Numidia and birthplace of Saint Augustine

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tagastē
Genitive	Tagastēs
Dative	Tagastae
Accusative	Tagastēn
Ablative	Tagastē
Vocative	Tagastē
Locative	Tagastae

References

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