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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Καρδοῦχοι (Kardoûkhoi).
Proper noun
Carduchi
- (antiquity) A warlike tribe that occupied the hilly country along the upper Tigris near the Assyrian and Median borders.
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Καρδοῦχοι (Kardoûkhoi).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Carduchī m pl (genitive Carduchōrum); second declension
- A tribe settled on the left bank of the Tigris.
Declension
Second-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “Carduchi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Carduchi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.