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

1. 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