Ctesiphon

English

Etymology

From Latin Ctēsiphōn, from Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphôn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛsɨfɒn/

Proper noun

Ctesiphon

1. (historical) Ancient city on the Tigris, near Baghdad, in present-day Iraq. Capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, abandoned in 7th and 8th centuries.

Translations

ancient ruined city

• Ancient Greek: Κτησιφῶν m (Ktēsiphôn)
• Arabic: قُطَيْسَفُون‎ (quṭaysafūn), طَيْسَفُون‎ (ṭaysafūn)
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ‎ (Qṭēsfōn)

• Armenian: Տիզբոն (Tizbon)

  Old Armenian: Տիզբոն (Tizbon), Տիսբոն (Tisbon)

• French: Ctésiphon (fr) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can

  Old Georgian: please add this translation if you can

• German: Ktesiphon n
• Hebrew: קטסיפון‎
• Italian: Ctesifonte

• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: Tîsfûn (ku)

  Sorani: تیسفۆن‎ (Tîsfon)

• Latin: Ctēsiphōn f
• Middle Persian: tyspwn‎ (Tēsifōn)
• Parthian: [Manichaean needed] (tyspwn) (Manichaean)
• Persian: تیسفون‎ (Tisfun)
• Portuguese: Ctesifonte f
• Russian: Ктесифо́н m (Ktesifón)
• Spanish: Ctesifonte
• Turkish: Tizpon

Anagrams

• phonetics, sphenotic

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphôn). In Old Latin, it was declined as Ctēsiphōn, Ctēsiphōnis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkteː.si.pʰoːn/, [ˈkteː.sɪ.pʰoːn]

Proper noun

Ctēsiphōn f sg (genitive Ctēsiphōntis); third declension

1. Ctesiphon (ancient capital of Parthia, located in modern Iraq)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ctēsiphōn
Genitive	Ctēsiphōntis
Dative	Ctēsiphōntī
Accusative	Ctēsiphōntem
Ablative	Ctēsiphōnte
Vocative	Ctēsiphōn
Locative	Ctēsiphōntī Ctēsiphōnte

References

• Ctesiphon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ctesiphon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette