Carthago

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Car‧tha‧go

Proper noun

Carthago n

1. Carthage

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Kartāgō
• Karthāgō

Etymology

Via Ancient Greek Καρχηδών (Karkhēdṓn) from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (Qrt-ḥdšt, “new city”). Compare Hebrew קֶרֶת (qeret, “city”) and חָדָשׁ (ḥāḏāš, “new”), Aramaic קַרְתָּא (qartā, “city”) and חֲדַתָּא (ḥəḏattā, “new”), Arabic قَرْيَة (qarya, “village”) and Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ, “new”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /karˈtʰaː.ɡoː/, [kärˈt̪ʰäːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /karˈta.ɡo/, [kärˈt̪äːɡo]

Proper noun

Carthāgō f sg (genitive Carthāginis); third declension

1. Carthage

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Carthāgō
Genitive	Carthāginis
Dative	Carthāginī
Accusative	Carthāginem
Ablative	Carthāgine
Vocative	Carthāgō
Locative	Carthāgine Carthāginī

Related terms

• Carthāginiēnsis

Descendants

• English: Carthage
• German: Karthago
• Italian: Cartagine
• Spanish: Cartago

References

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

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Carthago f

1. Obsolete spelling of Cartago.