Acestes

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈkes.teːs/, [äˈkɛs̠t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃes.tes/, [äˈt͡ʃɛst̪es]

Proper noun

Acestēs m (genitive Acestae); first declension

1. Acestes (son of the Sicilian river god Crinisus and a mythical king of Sicily)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	Acestēs	Acestae
genitive	Acestae	Acestārum
dative	Acestae	Acestīs
accusative	Acestēn	Acestās
ablative	Acestē	Acestīs
vocative	Acestē	Acestae

Descendants

• Italian: Aceste
• Ancient Greek: Ἀκέστης (Akéstēs)
• Russian: Ацест (Acest)

References

• “Acestes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Acestes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.