Segesta

English

Proper noun

Segesta

(historical) An ancient Elymian city of northwestern Sicily.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Segesta, from Ancient Greek Ἔγεστα (Égesta).

Proper noun

Segesta f

an ancient city that was in northwestern Sicily

Derived terms

segestano

Anagrams

gessate, segaste

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἔγεστα (Égesta).

Proper noun

Segesta f sg (genitive Segestae); first declension

An ancient city in Sicily, founded by the Elymian

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Segesta
Genitive	Segestae
Dative	Segestae
Accusative	Segestam
Ablative	Segestā
Vocative	Segesta
Locative	Segestae

References

“Segesta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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