Ctesiphon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Ctēsiphōn, from Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphôn).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Ctesiphon
- (historical) The ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq. Abandoned in 7th and 8th centuries.
Translations[edit]
ancient ruined city
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Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphôn). In Old Latin, it was declined as Ctēsiphōn, Ctēsiphōnis.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkteː.si.pʰoːn/, [ˈkt̪eː.s̠ɪ.pʰoːn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkte.si.fon/, [ˈkt̪ɛː.zi.fɔn]
Proper noun[edit]
Ctēsiphōn f sg (genitive Ctēsiphōntis); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Ctēsiphōn |
Genitive | Ctēsiphōntis |
Dative | Ctēsiphōntī |
Accusative | Ctēsiphōntem |
Ablative | Ctēsiphōnte |
Vocative | Ctēsiphōn |
Locative | Ctēsiphōntī Ctēsiphōnte |
References[edit]
- 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
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