Παντικάπαιον

Παντικάπαιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Scythian *Pantikapa (literally “fish-path”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pan.ti.ká.pai̯.on/ → /pan.tiˈka.pɛ.on/ → /pan.diˈka.pe.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pan.ti.ká.pai̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pan.tiˈka.pɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pan.tiˈka.pɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pan.tiˈka.pe.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pan.diˈka.pe.on/

Proper noun

Παντῐκάπαιον • (Pantikápaion) n (genitive Παντῐκᾰπαίου); second declension

1. Panticapaeum; Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Παντικάπαιον; τοῦ Παντικαπαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Παντικάπαιον tò Pantikápaion
Genitive	τοῦ Παντικαπαίου toû Pantikapaíou
Dative	τῷ Παντικαπαίῳ tôi Pantikapaíōi
Accusative	τὸ Παντικάπαιον tò Pantikápaion
Vocative	Παντικάπαιον Pantikápaion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• German: Pantikapaion
• Greek: Παντικάπαιο (Pantikápaio)
• Latin: Panticapaeum
• Russian: Пантикапей (Pantikapej)
• Ukrainian: Пантікапей (Pantikapej)

References

1. Diakonoff, I. M. (1985), “Media”, in Ilya Gershevitch, editor, The Cambridge History of Iran: Volume 2: The Median and Achaemenid Periods, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, pages 93