Halicarnassus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Halicarnassus, from Ancient Greek Ἁλῐκαρνᾱσσός (Halikarnāssós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhælɪkɑɹˈnæsəs/

Proper noun

Halicarnassus

1. An ancient Greek city on the southwest coast of Caria, Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey.

Translations

ancient Greek city

• Armenian: Հալիկառնաս (Halikaṙnas)
• Catalan: Halicarnàs
• Czech: Halikarnass m
• Finnish: Halikarnassos
• French: Halicarnasse (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ჰალიკარნასი (haliḳarnasi)
• German: Halikarnassos n
• Greek: Αλικαρνασσός (el) f (Alikarnassós)

  Ancient Greek: Ἁλικαρνασσός f (Halikarnassós), Ἀλικαρνασσός f (Alikarnassós)

• Italian: Alicarnasso f
• Japanese: ハリカルナッソス (Harikarunassosu)
• Korean: 할리카르낫소스 (Hallikareunatsoseu)
• Latin: Halicarnassus f, Halicarnāsus f
• Polish: Halikarnas (pl) m
• Russian: Галикарна́с (Galikarnás)
• Spanish: Halicarnaso
• Turkish: Halikarnas

Latin

Alternative forms

• Halicarnāsus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἁλῐκαρνᾱσσός (Halikarnāssós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ha.li.karˈnas.sus/, [hälʲɪkärˈnäs̠ːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.li.karˈnas.sus/, [älikärˈnäsːus]

Proper noun

Halicarnassus f sg (genitive Halicarnassī); second declension

1. Halicarnassus (an ancient Greek city on the southwest coast of Caria, Anatolia, in modern-day Turkey)

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Halicarnassus
Genitive	Halicarnassī
Dative	Halicarnassō
Accusative	Halicarnassum
Ablative	Halicarnassō
Vocative	Halicarnasse
Locative	Halicarnassī

References

• “Halicarnassus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Halicarnassus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.