Ctesiphon

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Ctēsiphōn, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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/, [ˈkt̪eːs̠ɪpʰoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkte.si.fon/, [ˈkt̪ɛːs̬ifon]

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.