Tergeste

Tergeste

See also: tergeste

Latin

Etymology

Usually assumed to be connected with Albanian treg, Proto-Slavic *tъrgъ, Lithuanian tur̃gus, Latvian tìrgus, Swedish torg (“market, marketplace”). Ultimately from an Illyrian substrate, derived from the hypothetical Illyrian *terg.[1][2] Compare Albanian tregtar (“merchant”), Romanian târg (“market”).

Pronunciation

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

  1. ^ Katičić, R. Ancient Languages of the Balkans. 1975. p. 172
  2. ^ Vasmer, Max (1971), Bräuer, Herbert, editor, Schriften zur slavischen Altertumskunde und Namenkunde (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 50
  • “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
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