Σῆστος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̂ːs.tos/ → /ˈsis.tos/ → /ˈsis.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛ̂ːs.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈse̝s.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsis.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsis.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsis.tos/

Proper noun

Σῆστος • (Sêstos) f (genitive Σήστου); second declension

1. Sestos, Thracian Chersonese

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Σῆστος; τῆς Σήστου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σῆστος hē Sêstos
Genitive	τῆς Σήστου tês Sḗstou
Dative	τῇ Σήστῳ têi Sḗstōi
Accusative	τὴν Σῆστον tḕn Sêston
Vocative	Σῆστε Sêste
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Σήστιος (Sḗstios)

Descendants

• Greek: Σήστος (Sístos)
• → Latin: Sestos

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025