Ctesiphon

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛsɨfɒn/

Proper noun

Ctesiphon

1. (historical) Ancient ruined 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)

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• German: Ktesiphon n
• Hebrew: קטסיפון‎
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• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: Tîsfûn

  Sorani: تیسفۆن‎ (Tîsfon)

• Latin: Ctēsiphōn f
• Middle Persian: tyspwn‎ (Tēsifōn)
• Parthian: tyspwn‎ (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 (genitive Ctēsiphōntis); third declension

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

Declension

Third declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
nominative	Ctēsiphōn
genitive	Ctēsiphōntis
dative	Ctēsiphōntī
accusative	Ctēsiphōntem
ablative	Ctēsiphōnte
vocative	Ctēsiphōn
locative	Ctēsiphōnte

References

• Ctesiphon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ctesiphon” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)