Tergeste

== Latin == === Etymology === Usually assumed to be connected with Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ, Lithuanian tur̃gus, Latvian tìrgus, Swedish torg (“market, marketplace”). Ultimately, from a Balkan substrate, compare Romanian târg (“market”), Albanian tregtar (“merchant”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛrˈɡɛs.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [terˈd͡ʒɛs.te] === Proper noun === Tergeste n sg (genitive Tergestis); third declension A city of Venetia situated on the shore of the Adriatic Sea, now Trieste ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only. ==== Derived terms ==== Tergestīnus === References === “Tergeste”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Tergeste”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly