Ctesiphon
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English
Etymology
From Latin Ctēsiphōn, from Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphôn).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛsɪfɒn/, /ˈstɛsɪfɒn/
Proper noun
Ctesiphon
- (historical) An ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.
- 1947, Robert Frost, “The Ingenuities of Debt”, in Steeple Bush:
- These I assume were words so deeply meant / They cut themselves in stone for permanent / Like trouble in the brow above the eyes: / ‘Take Care to Sell Your Horse before He Dies / The Art of Life Is Passing Losses on.’ / The city saying it was Ctesiphon, / Which may a little while by war and trade / Have kept from being caught with the decayed, / Infirm, worn-out, and broken on its hands; […]
Translations
ancient ruined city
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Further reading
Sasanian Empire on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Siege of Ctesiphon (637) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Muslim conquest of Persia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
- Ctēsifōn (Vulgate spelling)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphôn). In Old Latin, it was declined as Ctēsiphōn, Ctēsiphōnis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkteː.si.pʰoːn/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkte.si.fon/,
Proper noun
Ctēsiphōn f sg (genitive Ctēsiphōntis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Ctēsiphōn |
| genitive | Ctēsiphōntis |
| dative | Ctēsiphōntī |
| accusative | Ctēsiphōntem |
| ablative | Ctēsiphōnte |
| vocative | Ctēsiphōn |
| locative | Ctēsiphōntī Ctēsiphōnte |
References
- “Ctesiphon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ctesiphon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.