Καρχηδών
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Likely borrowed from unattested Phoenician *𐤊𐤓𐤊-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (*krk-ḥdšt, “new city”) (cf. Aramaic כַּרְכָא, Hebrew כְּרַךְ), variant of 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt), hence doublet of Χαλκηδών (Khalkēdṓn, “Chalcedon”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kar.kʰɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kar.kʰe̝ˈdon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kar.çiˈðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kar.çiˈðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kar.çiˈðon/
Proper noun
Καρχηδών • (Karkhēdṓn) f (genitive Καρχηδόνος); third declension
- Carthage (an ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ Καρχηδών hē Karkhēdṓn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Καρχηδόνος tês Karkhēdónos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Καρχηδόνῐ têi Karkhēdóni | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Καρχηδόνᾰ tḕn Karkhēdóna | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Καρχηδών Karkhēdṓn | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Καρχηδόνιος (Karkhēdónios)
- Καρχηδονιακός (Karkhēdoniakós)
Descendants
References
- “Καρχηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Καρχηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Καρχηδών (Karkhēdṓn), likely from unattested Phoenician *𐤊𐤓𐤊-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (*krk-ḥdšt, “new city”), variant of 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt).
Proper noun
Καρχηδών • (Karchidón) f
- Katharevousa form of Καρχηδόνα (Karchidóna)