Sessites

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sesˈsiː.teːs/, [s̠ɛs̠ˈs̠iːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sesˈsi.tes/, [sesˈsiːt̪es]

View of the river

Proper noun

Sessītēs m sg (genitive Sessītae); first declension

1. A river in Cisalpine Gaul that flows into the Padus near Vercellae, now the Sesia

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sessītēs
genitive	Sessītae
dative	Sessītae
accusative	Sessītēn
ablative	Sessītē
vocative	Sessītē

References

• “Sessites”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Sessites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.