Segesta
English
Proper noun
Segesta
- (historical) An ancient Elymian city of northwestern Sicily.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin Segesta, from Ancient Greek Ἔγεστα (Égesta).
Proper noun
Segesta f
- an ancient city that was in northwestern Sicily
Derived terms
- segestano
Anagrams
- gessate, segaste
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἔγεστα (Égesta).
Proper noun
Segesta f sg (genitive Segestae); first declension
- An ancient city in Sicily, founded by the Elymian
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Segesta |
| Genitive | Segestae |
| Dative | Segestae |
| Accusative | Segestam |
| Ablative | Segestā |
| Vocative | Segesta |
| Locative | Segestae |
References
- “Segesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press