Tergeste

See also: tergeste

Latin

Etymology

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /terˈɡes.te/, [t̪ɛrˈɡɛs̠t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /terˈd͡ʒes.te/, [t̪erˈd͡ʒɛst̪e]

Proper noun

Tergeste n sg (genitive Tergestis); third declension

1. 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.

	singular
nominative	Tergeste
genitive	Tergestis
dative	Tergestī
accusative	Tergeste
ablative	Tergeste
vocative	Tergeste
locative	Tergestī Tergeste

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