aggestus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From aggerō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aɡˈɡes.tus/, [äɡˈɡɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /adˈd͡ʒes.tus/, [ädˈd͡ʒɛst̪us]
Noun edit
aggestus m (genitive aggestūs); fourth declension
- an accumulation, a piling up, act of bringing
- a mound, dike, or elevation formed like a dike; an earthen bank
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aggestus | aggestūs |
| Genitive | aggestūs | aggestuum |
| Dative | aggestuī | aggestibus |
| Accusative | aggestum | aggestūs |
| Ablative | aggestū | aggestibus |
| Vocative | aggestus | aggestūs |
Descendants edit
- Romanian: agest
References edit
- “aggestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aggestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aggestus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- aggestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.