Καρχηδών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely borrowed from unattested Phoenician *𐤊𐤓𐤊-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (*krk-ḥdšt, “new city”) (cf. Aramaic כַּרְכָא, Hebrew כְּרַךְ), variant of 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt), hence doublet of Χαλκηδών (Khalkēdṓn, “Chalcedon”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Καρχηδών • (Karkhēdṓn) f (genitive Καρχηδόνος); third declension

  1. Carthage

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Καρχηδών; τῆς Καρχηδόνος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Καρχηδών
hē Karkhēdṓn
Genitive τῆς Καρχηδόνος
tês Karkhēdónos
Dative τῇ Καρχηδόνῐ
têi Karkhēdóni
Accusative τὴν Καρχηδόνᾰ
tḕn Karkhēdóna
Vocative Καρχηδών
Karkhēdṓn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Greek: Καρχηδόνα (Karchidóna)
  • → Latin: Carchēdōn

References
  • “Καρχηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Καρχηδών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καρχηδών (Karkhēdṓn), likely from unattested Phoenician *𐤊𐤓𐤊-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (*krk-ḥdšt, “new city”), variant of 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt).

Proper noun

Καρχηδών • (Karchidón) f

  1. Katharevousa form of Καρχηδόνα (Karchidóna)
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