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.

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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 Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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