Κτησιφῶν

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

Borrowing from Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫤𐫏𐫘𐫛𐫇𐫗 ‎(tyspwn, /Tīsfōn/, /Tēsifōn/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA: /ktɛː.si.pʰɔ᷇ːn/ → /kti.si.ˈɸon/ → /kti.si.ˈfon/

• 5th BC Attic: IPA: /ktɛː.si.pʰɔ᷇ːn/
• 1st BC Egyptian: IPA: /kte.si.ˈpʰon/
• 4th AD Koine: IPA: /kti.si.ˈɸon/
• 10th AD Byzantine: IPA: /kti.si.ˈfon/
• 15th AD Constantinopolitan: IPA: /kti.si.ˈfon/

Proper noun

Κτησῐφῶν • ‎(Ktēsiphôn) m ‎(genitive Κτησῐφῶντος); third declension

1. Ctesiphon

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κτησῐφῶν; τοῦ Κτησῐφῶντος

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κτησῐφῶν
Genitive	τοῦ Κτησῐφῶντος
Dative	τῷ Κτησῐφῶντῐ
Accusative	τὸν Κτησῐφῶντᾰ
Vocative	Κτησῐφῶν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κτησιφών ‎(Ktisifón), Κτησιφώντας ‎(Ktisifóntas)
• Latin: Ctēsiphōn

References

• «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