Carthago
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch carthago, from Latin Carthāgō.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Carthago n
Derived terms edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt), possibly via Etruscan *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, “new”) as opposed to the colonists' mother city of Tyre. Compare Hebrew קֶרֶת (qeret, “city”), קִרְיָה (kyriah), חָדָשׁ (ḥāḏāš, “new”), Aramaic קַרְתָּא (qartā, “city”), חֲדַתָּא (ḥəḏattā, “new”), Arabic قَرْيَة (qarya, “village”), and Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ, “new”). Doublet of Carthago Nova, Carchēdōn, and Carthada.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /karˈtʰaː.ɡoː/, [kärˈt̪ʰäːɡoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈta.ɡo/, [kärˈt̪äːɡo]
Proper noun edit
Carthāgō f sg (genitive Carthāginis); third declension
- (historical) Carthage (an ancient city-state and former empire centered on modern Tunisia)
- (chiefly historical) Synonym of Carthagenna, Cartagena (a city in Spain)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Carthāgō |
Genitive | Carthāginis |
Dative | Carthāginī |
Accusative | Carthāginem |
Ablative | Carthāgine |
Vocative | Carthāgō |
Locative | Carthāgine Carthāginī |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: Carthago
- → English: Carthage
- → French: Carthage
- → German: Karthago
- → Italian: Cartagine
- → Portuguese: Cartago
- → Romanian: Cartagina
- → Spanish: Cartago
Further reading edit
- “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.
- “Carthago”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “Carthago”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Carthage”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
- “Carthago”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Portuguese edit
Proper noun edit
Carthago f
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Cartago.