Panticapaeum

English

Etymology

From Latin Panticapaeum, from Ancient Greek Παντικάπαιον (Pantikápaion), from Proto-Scythian *Pantikapa (“fish-path”).

Proper noun

Panticapaeum

1. (historical) An important Ancient Greek colony and port in Taurica (Tauric Chersonese), founded by Milesians in the late 7th–early 6th century BC on the site of present-day Kerch.

Translations

Greek colony

• Greek:

  Ancient: Παντικάπαιον (Pantikápaion)

• Russian: Пантикапей (ru) (Pantikapej)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Παντικάπαιον (Pantikápaion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pan.ti.kaˈpae̯.um/, [pän̪t̪ɪkäˈpäe̯ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pan.ti.kaˈpe.um/, [pän̪t̪ikäˈpɛːum]

Proper noun

Panticapaeum n sg (genitive Panticapaeī); second declension

1. Panticapaeum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Panticapaeum
Genitive	Panticapaeī
Dative	Panticapaeō
Accusative	Panticapaeum
Ablative	Panticapaeō
Vocative	Panticapaeum
Locative	Panticapaeī

Derived terms

• Panticapaeus
• Panticapaeensis

References

• Panticapaeum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Panticapaeum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly