Carthago

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch carthago, from Latin Carthāgō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑrˈtaː.ɣoː/

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• Hyphenation: Car‧tha‧go

Proper noun

Carthago n

1. Carthage

Derived terms

• Carthaags
• Carthager

Latin

Alternative forms

• Kartāgō
• Karthāgō

Etymology

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 (kiryah), 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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /karˈtʰaː.ɡoː/, [kärˈt̪ʰäːɡoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /karˈta.ɡo/, [kärˈt̪äːɡo]

Proper noun

Carthāgō f sg (genitive Carthāginis); third declension

1. (historical) Carthage (an ancient city-state and former empire centered on modern Tunisia)
2. (chiefly historical) Synonym of Carthagenna, Cartagena (a city in Spain)

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Carthāgō
Genitive	Carthāginis
Dative	Carthāginī
Accusative	Carthāginem
Ablative	Carthāgine
Vocative	Carthāgō
Locative	Carthāgine Carthāginī

Derived terms

• Carthāginēnsis
• Carthāginiēnsis
• Carthago delenda est
• Carthago Nova

 

Descendants

• → Dutch: Carthago
• → English: Carthage
• → French: Carthage
• → German: Karthago
• → Italian: Cartagine
• → Portuguese: Cartago
• → Romanian: Cartagina
• → Spanish: Cartago

Further reading

• “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

Proper noun

Carthago f

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Cartago.