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Latin
Etymology
From Illyrian *tergitio (“merchant”) or *terg (“market, marketplace”). 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
Proper noun
Tergeste n sg (genitive Tergestis); third declension
- 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.
Derived terms
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