Geraestus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Geraestos === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek Γεραιστός (Geraistós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡɛˈrae̯s.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [d͡ʒeˈrɛs.tus] === Proper noun === Geraestus f sg (genitive Geraestī); second declension the principal town of Euboea, near the promontory Geraestus or Geraestum, opposite to the promontory of Sunium, now Geresto, or, according to others, Kastri ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Geraesticus portus === References === “Gĕraestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Geraestus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.