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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φίλιστος (Phílistos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Philistus m sg (genitive Philistī); second declension
- A Greek historian, born in Syracuse
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Philistus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Philistus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray