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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαιστός (Phaistós).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phaestum n sg (genitive Phaestī); second declension
- A town of Crete situated near Gortyna
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
References
- “Phaestum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phaestum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Phaestus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly