From Middle Persian (klg /karg/, “rhinoceros; horn”) + (-dʾn' /-dān/, “bearer, holder”), ultimately from Sanskrit खड्ग (khaḍga, “rhinoceros; literally sword bearer”). Compare Persian کرگدن (“rhino”), Arabic كَرْكَدَّن (karkaddan, “rhinoceros”), Classical Syriac ܟܪܟܕܢܐ (karkǝḏānā, “rhinoceros”), Sanskrit खड्गधेनु (khaḍgadhenu, “a female rhinoceros”) and Hindi खाँग (khāṅg).
κᾰρτᾰ́ζωνος • (kartázōnos) m (genitive κᾰρτᾰζώνου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ κᾰρτᾰ́ζωνος ho kartázōnos |
τὼ κᾰρτᾰζώνω tṑ kartazṓnō |
οἱ κᾰρτᾰ́ζωνοι hoi kartázōnoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰρτᾰζώνου toû kartazṓnou |
τοῖν κᾰρτᾰζώνοιν toîn kartazṓnoin |
τῶν κᾰρτᾰζώνων tôn kartazṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰρτᾰζώνῳ tôi kartazṓnōi |
τοῖν κᾰρτᾰζώνοιν toîn kartazṓnoin |
τοῖς κᾰρτᾰζώνοις toîs kartazṓnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν κᾰρτᾰ́ζωνον tòn kartázōnon |
τὼ κᾰρτᾰζώνω tṑ kartazṓnō |
τοὺς κᾰρτᾰζώνους toùs kartazṓnous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰρτᾰ́ζωνε kartázōne |
κᾰρτᾰζώνω kartazṓnō |
κᾰρτᾰ́ζωνοι kartázōnoi | ||||||||||
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