Sebaste

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σεβαστή (Sebastḗ).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈbas.teː/, [s̠ɛˈbäs̠t̪eː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈbas.te/, [seˈbäst̪e]

Proper noun

Sebastē f sg (genitive Sebastēs); first declension

Synonym of Sebastia, a city in the West Bank, Palestine; former capital of the Kingdom of Israel

Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sebastē
Genitive	Sebastēs
Dative	Sebastae
Accusative	Sebastēn
Ablative	Sebastē
Vocative	Sebastē
Locative	Sebastae

Derived terms

Sebastēnus

References

Sebaste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
“Sebaste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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