Tergeste

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Latin

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Etymology

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Usually assumed to be connected with Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ, Lithuanian tur̃gus, Latvian tirgus, Swedish torg (market, marketplace). Ultimately, from a Balkan substrate, compare Romanian târg (market), Albanian tregtar (merchant).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Tergeste n sg (genitive Tergestis); third declension

  1. A city of Venetia situated on the shore of the Adriatic Sea, now Trieste

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Tergeste
Genitive Tergestis
Dative Tergestī
Accusative Tergeste
Ablative Tergeste
Vocative Tergeste
Locative Tergestī
Tergeste

Derived terms

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References

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  • 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