Tergeste

See also: tergeste

Latin

Etymology

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /terˈɡes.te/, [t̪ɛrˈɡɛs̠t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /terˈd͡ʒes.te/, [t̪erˈd͡ʒɛst̪e]

Proper noun

Tergeste n sg (genitive Tergestis); third declension

1. A city of Venetia situated on the shore of the Adriatic Sea, now Trieste

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Tergeste
Genitive	Tergestis
Dative	Tergestī
Accusative	Tergeste
Ablative	Tergeste
Vocative	Tergeste
Locative	Tergestī Tergeste

Derived terms

• Tergestīnus

References

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