proper noun · masculinefirst declension
Penestae
Penestae m pl (genitive Penestārum)
Meaning
- masculinepluralA tribe of Illyria settled in a mountainous district
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | Penestae |
| genitive | — | Penestārum |
| dative | — | Penestīs |
| accusative | — | Penestās |
| ablative | — | Penestīs |
| vocative | — | Penestae |
Pĕnestae, ārum, m., = Πενέσται,
I. a people in Grecian Illyria, Liv. 43, 21.—
II. Pĕnestĭa, ae, f., the country of the Penestœ:
in Penestiam exercitum reducit, Liv. 43, 19.—Hence, B. Pĕnestĭānus, a, um, adj., Penestian, Liv. 43, 16.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πενέσται (Penéstai).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
AntiquitiesPenestaePenestae (πενέσται), Thessalian serfs. The word is no doubt from the root of πένομαι, πόνος, πένης (Dionys. A. R. 2.9; Curtius, Gr. Etym. 272), and we…GeographyPenestaePenestae a people of Illyricum, who appear to have--possessed a large tract of mountainous country 10 the N. of the Dassaretae, and extending to the E…