Carpathus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Carpathos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάρπαθος (Kárpathos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pa.tʰus/, [ˈkärpät̪ʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.pa.tus/, [ˈkärpät̪us]

Proper noun

Carpathus f sg (genitive Carpathī); second declension

1. An island situated between Crete and Rhodes

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Carpathus
Genitive	Carpathī
Dative	Carpathō
Accusative	Carpathum
Ablative	Carpathō
Vocative	Carpathe

Related terms

• Carpathius

References

• “Carpathus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Carpathos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Carpathus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly