Phaestum

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Phaestus === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαιστός (Phaistós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʰae̯s.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈfɛs.tum] === Proper noun === Phaestum n sg (genitive Phaestī); second declension Phaistos (an ancient city in southern Crete prefecture, in modern Greece) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: Phaestum French: Pheste → German: Phästum Italian: Festo Portuguese: Festo Spanish: Festo === References === “Phaestum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Phaestum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Phaestus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly