Home / Browse
A / Ăcesta
noun

Ăcesta

gen. Ăcestae · gender feminine · decl. 1st
also , , , = Ἄκεστα and Ἀκέστη
a town in the N. W. part of Sicily; near the coast;; near the modern Alcamo
a town in the N. W. part of Sicily, near the coast; earlier Egesta, later Segesta, near the modern Alcamo, Verg. A. 5, 718; 9, 218; cf. Serv. ad 1, 550, and Heyne Excurs. I. ad Aen. V.—
Deriv.
Deriv.
the inhabitants of A
ăcestenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of A., Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 36, § 83. —
the same
ăcestaei, the same, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 91.
Perseus ID: n459 Key: Acesta