"Geraestus" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: [ɡɛˈrae̯s.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [d͡ʒeˈrɛs.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek Γεραιστός (Geraistós). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|Γεραιστός}} Ancient Greek Γεραιστός (Geraistós) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Geraestus<2.loc>|g=f}} Geraestus f sg (genitive Geraestī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Geraestus<2.loc>}} Forms: Geraestī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Geraestus [nominative, singular], Geraestī [genitive, singular], Geraestō [dative, singular], Geraestum [accusative, singular], Geraestō [ablative, singular], Geraeste [singular, vocative], Geraestī [locative, singular], Geraestos [alternative]
  1. the principal town of Euboea, near the promontory Geraestus or Geraestum, opposite to the promontory of Sunium, now Geresto, or, according to others, Kastri Tags: declension-2, feminine, singular Derived forms: Geraesticus portus

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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