LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Mĕgistē

Meaning

  1. a Roman name given to slaves

Mĕgistē, ēs, f., = Μεγίστη,
I. a Roman name given to slaves, Inscr. Fabr. p. 189, n. 433.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyMegisteMegiste (Μεγίστη), an island off the coast of Lycia, opposite to Antiphellus. It contained a town which, if the reading in Strabo (xiv. p.666) be corr…

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What does Mĕgistē mean in Latin?
Mĕgistē, a proper noun, means “a Roman name given to slaves”.