Carthago

Dutch

Pronunciation
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  • Hyphenation: Car‧tha‧go

Proper noun

Carthago n

  1. Carthage

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Via Ancient Greek Καρχηδών (Karkhēdṓn) from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕‎ (Qrt-ḥdšt, “new city”). Compare Aramaic קַרְתָּא‎ (qartā, “city”) and חֲדַתָּא‎ (ḥəḏattā, “new”), Hebrew קִרְיָה‎ (qiryā, “city”) and חָדָשׁ‎ (ḥāḏāš, “new”), Arabic قَرْيَة‎ (qarya, “village”) and Arabic حَدِيث‎ (ḥadīṯ, “new”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Carthāgō f (genitive Carthāginis); third declension

  1. Carthage

Declension

Third declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Carthāgō
Genitive Carthāginis
Dative Carthāginī
Accusative Carthāginem
Ablative Carthāgine
Vocative Carthāgō
Locative Carthāgine
Carthāginī

Descendants

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Carthago f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Cartago
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