Κτησιφῶν
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫤𐫏𐫘𐫛𐫇𐫗 (tyspwn /Tīsfōn/, /Tēsifōn/).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Κτησῐφῶν • (Ktēsiphôn) m (genitive Κτησῐφῶντος); third declension
- A male given name: Ctesiphon
- Ctesiphon, an ancient city
Inflection[edit]
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Κτησῐφῶν ho Ktēsiphôn | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Κτησῐφῶντος toû Ktēsiphôntos | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Κτησῐφῶντῐ tôi Ktēsiphônti | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Κτησῐφῶντᾰ tòn Ktēsiphônta | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Κτησῐφῶν Ktēsiphôn | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. |
Descendants[edit]
- Greek: Κτησιφών (Ktisifón), Κτησιφώντας (Ktisifóntas)
- Latin: Ctēsiphōn
References[edit]
- Κτησιφῶν in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
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