Philistus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φίλιστος (Phílistos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pʰiˈlis.tus/, [pʰɪˈlʲɪs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈlis.tus/, [fiˈlist̪us]

Proper noun

Philistus m sg (genitive Philistī); second declension

1. A Greek historian, born in Syracuse

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Philistus
genitive	Philistī
dative	Philistō
accusative	Philistum
ablative	Philistō
vocative	Philiste

References

• Philistus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Philistus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray