proper nounthird declension
Carthāgō Nova
Carthāgō Nova f sg (genitive Carthāginis Novae)
Classical[karˈtʰaː.ɡoː ˈnɔ.wa]Ecclesiastical[karˈtaː.ɡo ˈnɔː.va]
Meaning
- historicalformer name of Carthagenna (= Cartagena): a city in Spain
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Carthāgō Nova | — |
| genitive | Carthāginis Novae | — |
| dative | Carthāginī Novae | — |
| accusative | Carthāginem Novam | — |
| ablative | Carthāgine Novā | — |
| vocative | Carthāgō Nova | — |
| locative | Carthāginī Novae Carthāgine Novae | — |
Origins
From Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕-𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (qrt-ḥdšt), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤕 (ḥdšt, “new”) as opposed to the colonists' mother city of Carthage. Doublet of Carthago, Carchedon, and Carthada.