Panticapaeum

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin Panticapaeum, from Ancient Greek Παντικάπαιον (Pantikápaion), from Proto-Scythian *Pantikapa (fish-path).

Proper noun[edit]

Panticapaeum

  1. (historical) An important Ancient Greek colony and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), founded by Milesians in the late 7th–early 6th century BC on the site of present-day Kerch.

Translations[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Παντικάπαιον (Pantikápaion).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Panticapaeum n sg (genitive Panticapaeī); second declension

  1. Panticapaeum

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Panticapaeum
Genitive Panticapaeī
Dative Panticapaeō
Accusative Panticapaeum
Ablative Panticapaeō
Vocative Panticapaeum
Locative Panticapaeī

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Panticapaeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Panticapaeum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly