Carthago
Dutch
Pronunciation
audio (file) - Hyphenation: Car‧tha‧go
Proper noun
Carthago n
- Carthage
Latin
Alternative forms
- Kartāgō
- Karthāgō
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
- (Classical) IPA(key): /karˈtʰaː.ɡoː/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈta.ɡo/, [karˈtaː.ɡo]
Proper noun
Carthāgō f (genitive Carthāginis); third declension
- Carthage
Declension
Third declension, with locative.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Carthāgō |
| Genitive | Carthāginis |
| Dative | Carthāginī |
| Accusative | Carthāginem |
| Ablative | Carthāgine |
| Vocative | Carthāgō |
| Locative | Carthāgine Carthāginī |
Related terms
- Carthāginiēnsis
Descendants
- English: Carthage
- German: Karthago
- Italian: Cartagine
- Spanish: Cartago
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
- Obsolete spelling of Cartago