Κτησιφῶν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ktɛː.si.pʰɔ̂ːn/ → /kti.siˈɸon/ → /kti.siˈfon/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /ktɛː.si.pʰɔ̂ːn/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kte.siˈpʰon/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /kti.siˈɸon/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kti.siˈfon/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kti.siˈfon/

Proper noun

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

1. A male given name: Ctesiphon
2. Ctesiphon, an ancient city

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 other dialects, 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