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Phaestum

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαιστός (Phaistós).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Phaestum n sg (genitive Phaestī); second declension

  1. A town of Crete situated near Gortyna

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Phaestum
genitive Phaestī
dative Phaestō
accusative Phaestum
ablative Phaestō
vocative Phaestum
locative Phaestī
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References

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  • Phaestum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Phaestum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Phaestus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly