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Carthago
Carthago
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Via Ancient Greek Καρχηδών (Karkhēdṓn) from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤄𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt, “new city”). Compare Aramaic קַרְתָּא (qartā, “city”) and חֲדַתָּא (ḥəḏattā, “new”), Hebrew קִרְיָה (qiryā, “city”) and חָדָשׁ (ḥāḏāš, “new”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /karˈtʰaː.ɡoː/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈta.ɡo/, [karˈtaː.ɡo]
Proper noun
Carthāgō f sg (genitive Carthāginis, locative Carthāgine); third declension
Declension
Third declension, with locative.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Carthāgō |
| genitive | Carthāginis |
| dative | Carthāginī |
| accusative | Carthāginem |
| ablative | Carthāgine |
| vocative | Carthāgō |
| locative | Carthāgine Carthāginī |
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Descendants
References
- Carthago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Carthago”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.