Tergeste
See also: tergeste
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Illyrian *tergitio (“merchant”) or *terg (“market, marketplace”). Usually assumed to be connected with Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ, Lithuanian tur̃gus, Latvian tirgus, Swedish torg (“market, marketplace”). Ultimately, from a Balkan substrate, compare Romanian târg (“market”), Albanian tregtar (“merchant”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /terˈɡes.te/, [t̪ɛrˈɡɛs̠t̪ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /terˈd͡ʒes.te/, [t̪erˈd͡ʒɛst̪e]
Proper noun edit
Tergeste n sg (genitive Tergestis); third declension
- A city of Venetia situated on the shore of the Adriatic Sea, now Trieste
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Tergeste |
Genitive | Tergestis |
Dative | Tergestī |
Accusative | Tergeste |
Ablative | Tergeste |
Vocative | Tergeste |
Locative | Tergestī Tergeste |