German

Proper noun

Karthago n

1. Carthage (ancient city in North Africa)

Related terms

• karthagisch
• Karthager
• Karthagerin

Latin

Alternative forms

• Kartāgō

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤒𐤀𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤀𐤃𐤀𐤔𐤕 ‎(Qart-ḥadašt, “New City”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /karˈtʰaː.ɡoː/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /karˈta.ɡo/, [karˈtaː.ɡo]

Proper noun

Karthāgō f sg ‎(genitive Karthāginis, locative Karthāgine); third declension

1. (classical) Alternative spelling of Carthāgo
   • 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:

     The symbol K, however, was not entirely lost; it is found irregularly in inscriptions of all dates down to the times of the empire, and regularly as an initial abbreviation of Kalendæ, Karthago, Kæso (the proper name).

Inflection

Third declension, with locative.

References

• Karthago in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Karthago”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Swedish

Proper noun

Karthago n

1. Carthage

Derived terms

• kartagisk