Paestum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Paestum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛs.təm/
Hyphenation: Paes‧tum

Proper noun

Paestum

An ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia, on the coast of present-day Campania in southern Italy.

Anagrams

saeptum, steam up, sæptum

Italian

Proper noun

Paestum m

Paestum (ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia, in modern Campania, Italy)

Anagrams

pastume, spumate

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Lucanian *𐌐𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌏𐌔 (*paistos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpae̯s.tum/, [ˈpäe̯s̠t̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpes.tum/, [ˈpɛst̪um]

Proper noun

Paestum n sg (genitive Paestī); second declension

Paestum (ancient Greek city in Magna Graecia, in modern Campania, Italy)

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Paestum
Genitive	Paestī
Dative	Paestō
Accusative	Paestum
Ablative	Paestō
Vocative	Paestum
Locative	Paestī

Synonyms

Posīdōnia

Derived terms

Paestānī
Paestānus

References

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

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