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

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕‎ (qrt-ḥdšt, “new city”), maybe via Etruscan *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza). Compare Hebrew קֶרֶת‎ (qeret, “city”) (also: Hebrew קִרְיָה‎ (kyriah)) and חָדָשׁ‎ (ḥāḏāš, “new”), Aramaic קַרְתָּא‎ (qartā, “city”) and חֲדַתָּא‎ (ḥəḏattā, “new”), Arabic قَرْيَة‎ (qarya, “village”) and Arabic حَدِيث‎ (ḥadīṯ, “new”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /karˈtʰaː.ɡoː/, [kärˈt̪ʰäːɡoː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /karˈta.ɡo/, [kärˈt̪äːɡo]

Proper noun

Carthāgō f sg (genitive Carthāginis); third declension

  1. Carthage

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

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

References
  • “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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Carthago f

  1. Obsolete spelling of Cartago
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