English

Proper noun

Ctesiphon

1. (historical) Ancient ruined city on the Tigris, near Baghdad, in present-day Iraq. Capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, abandoned in 7th and 8th centuries.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν ‎(Ktēsiphôn). In Old Latin, it was declined as Ctēsiphōn, Ctēsiphōnis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkteː.si.pʰoːn/, [ˈkteː.sɪ.pʰoːn]

Proper noun

Ctēsiphōn f ‎(genitive Ctēsiphōntis); third declension

1. Ctesiphon (ancient capital of Parthia, located in modern Iraq)

Declension

Third declension, with locative.

References

• Ctesiphon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Ctesiphon”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.