Theveste

Latin

Alternative forms

• Tebestē

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tʰeˈu̯es.teː/, [t̪ʰeˈu̯ɛs̠t̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈves.te/, [t̪eˈvɛst̪e]

Proper noun

Thevestē f sg (genitive Thevestēs); first declension

1. An important inland town of Numidia, now Tébessa

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Thevestē
genitive	Thevestēs
dative	Thevestae
accusative	Thevestēn
ablative	Thevestē
vocative	Thevestē
locative	Thevestae

Derived terms

• Thevestīnus

References

• Theveste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Theveste”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly