Praeneste

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈnes.te/, [präe̯ˈnɛs̠t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈnes.te/, [preˈnɛst̪e]

Proper noun

Praeneste n sg (genitive Praenestis); third declension

1. One of the most ancient and important cities of Latium, famous for its sanctuary, now Palestrina

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, parisyllabic non-i-stem), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Praeneste
genitive	Praenestis
dative	Praenestī
accusative	Praeneste
ablative	Praeneste
vocative	Praeneste
locative	Praenestī Praeneste

Derived terms

• Praenestīnī
• Praenestīnus

References

• “Praeneste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Praeneste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Praeneste”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly