Carduchi

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Καρδοῦχοι (Kardoûkhoi).

Proper noun[edit]

Carduchi

  1. (antiquity) A warlike tribe that occupied the hilly country along the upper Tigris near the Assyrian and Median borders.

Derived terms[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Καρδοῦχοι (Kardoûkhoi).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Carduchī m pl (genitive Carduchōrum); second declension

  1. A tribe settled on the left bank of the Tigris.

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Carduchī
Genitive Carduchōrum
Dative Carduchīs
Accusative Carduchōs
Ablative Carduchīs
Vocative Carduchī

References[edit]

  • Carduchi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Carduchi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.