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proper noun · femininethird declension

Carthāgō

Carthāgō f sg (genitive Carthāginis)
Classical[karˈtʰaː.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[karˈtaː.ɡo]

Meaning

  1. historicalCarthage (an ancient city-state and former empire centered on modern Tunisia)
  2. historicalsynonym of Carthagenna, Cartagena (a city in Spain)

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeCarthāgō—
genitiveCarthāginis
Karthāginis		—
dativeCarthāginī
Karthāginī		—
accusativeCarthāginem
Karthāginem		—
ablativeCarthāgine
Karthāgine		—
vocativeCarthāgō—
locativeCarthāgine
Carthāginī, Karthāgine, Karthāginī		—

Carthāgo (Karth-, and without asp. Kartāgo), ĭnis (
I. locat. Carthagini, like Tiburi, ruri, domi, etc., Plaut. Cas. prol. 71; Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90; Liv. 28, 26, 1 sq.; 31, 11, 7 al.; cf. Schneid. Gr. 2. p. 236; Zumpt, Gr. § 63, note), f., (prop. new town: istam urbem Carthadam Elissa dixit, quod Phoenicum ore exprimit Civitatem Novam, Sol. c. 40 (27, 10 Bip.); cf. Gesen. Gesch. d. Hebr. Spr. and Schr. pp. 228 and 229; and Robinson, Lexic. s. v. ).
I. The city of Carthage, in Northern Africa (Gr. Καρχηδών), whose ruins are in the vicinity of Tunis; also with the app. Magna, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 4; 5, 4, 3, § 24; Cato ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 683 al. —Hence,
B. Carthāgĭnĭensis (upon the Column. Rostr. CARTACINIENSIS), e, adj., Carthaginian: COPIAE, Column. Rostr.: res, Liv. 21, 2, 5 et saep.—Subst., a Carthaginian, Enn. Ann. 230 and 234 Vahl.; Cat. ap. Gell. 10, 24, 7.—
II. Carthago, also with the appel. Nova, a large seaport town founded by the Carthaginians after the first Punic war, in Hispania Tarraconensis, New Carthage, now Cartagena, Liv. 26, 42, 2 and 6 sq.; Mel. 2, 6, 7: Nova, Liv. 21, 5, 4; Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 19.—Hence (cf. I.),
B. Carthā-gĭnĭensis, e, adj., of or belonging to New Carthage: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2: conventus, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 18.—In the form CARTHAGINENSIS, Inscr. Orell. 3040.
Carthāgo (Karth-), ĭnis, f.,
I. the daughter of the fourth Hercules, Cic. N. D. 3, 16, 42.

Origins

Borrowed from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤟𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt ḥdšt), possibly via Etruscan *𐌂𐌀𐌓𐌈𐌀𐌆𐌀 (*carθaza), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, “new”), as opposed to the colonists' mother city of Tyre. Compare Hebrew קֶרֶת (qereṯ, “city”), קִרְיָה (qiryāh), חָדָשׁ (ḥāḏāš, “new”), Aramaic קַרְתָּא (qartā, “city”), חֲדַתָּא (ḥəḏattā, “new”), Arabic قَرْيَة (qarya, “village”), and Arabic حَدِيث (ḥadīṯ, “new”). Doublet of Carchēdōn and Carthada.

Descendants
  • EnglishCarthage
  • FrenchCarthage
  • GermanKarthago
  • ItalianCartagine
  • PortugueseCartago
  • RomanianCartagina
  • SpanishCartago
  • DutchCarthago

In English words that came into English from Carthāgō

  • Carthaginiancarthāginiānus

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

GeographyCarthagoCarthago (ἡ Καρχηδών), in Africa, the renowned rival of Rome. I. NAMES. As there can be no doubt that the Greek and Roman names of the city are but fo…

Quick answers

What does Carthāgō mean in Latin?
Carthāgō, a proper noun, means “Carthage (an ancient city-state and former empire centered on modern Tunisia); synonym of Carthagenna, Cartagena (a city in Spain)”.
What is the genitive of Carthāgō?
The genitive singular is Carthāginis. Carthāgō is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Carthāgō?
In classical Latin, [karˈtʰaː.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [karˈtaː.ɡo].