segestre

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Latin

Etymology

Seemingly from Ancient Greek στέγαστρον (stégastron, “covering”).

Noun

segestre n (genitive segestris); third declension

  1. A covering to protect goods from the weather

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

singular plural
nominative segestre segestria
genitive segestris segestrium
dative segestrī segestribus
accusative segestre segestria
ablative segestrī segestribus
vocative segestre segestria

References

  • “segestre”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • segestre in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “segestre”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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