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

 

• IPA^(key): /kar.kʰɛː.dɔ̌ːn/ → /kar.çiˈðon/ → /kar.çiˈðon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kar.kʰɛː.dɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kar.kʰe̝ˈdon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kar.çiˈðon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kar.çiˈðon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kar.çiˈðon/

Proper noun

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

1. Carthage (an ancient city in North Africa, in modern Tunisia)

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

• Καρχηδόνιος (Karkhēdónios)
• Καρχηδονιακός (Karkhēdoniakós)

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^[1], 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)