Paestum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Paestum.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Paestum

1. 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

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

Anagrams

• pastume, spumate

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Lucanian *𐌐𐌀𐌉𐌔𐌕𐌏𐌔 (*paistos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpae̯s.tum/, [ˈpäe̯s̠t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpes.tum/, [ˈpɛst̪um]

Proper noun

Paestum n sg (genitive Paestī); second declension

1. 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.