LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neuterthird declension

segestre

segestre n (genitive segestris)

Meaning

  1. neuterA covering to protect goods from the weather

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesegestresegestria
genitivesegestrissegestrium
dativesegestrīsegestribus
accusativesegestresegestria
ablativesegestrīsegestribus
vocativesegestresegestria

sĕgestre, is, n. (collat. form sĕges-trĭa, ae, f., Varr. L. L. 5, § 166 Müll.: sĕ-gestra, ae, f., Edict. Diocl. p. 23),
I. a covering, wrapper of straw or hides for shielding goods or persons from the weather: segestre, διφθέρα, διφθέρα πλοίου, Gloss. Vet.—Sing.: segestre, Lucil. ap. Non. 537, 10.—Plur., Varr. ap. Non. 11, 16; Plin. 13, 12, 23, § 76; Edict. Diocl. p. 23.—As a sort of mantle: segestri vel lodiculā involutus, Suet. Aug. 83.

Origins

Seemingly from Ancient Greek στέγαστρον (stégastron, “covering”).

Quick answers

What does segestre mean in Latin?
segestre, a noun, means “A covering to protect goods from the weather”.
What is the genitive of segestre?
The genitive singular is segestris. segestre is neuter, third declension.