Παντικάπαιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Scythian *Pantikapa (literally “fish-path”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pan.ti.ká.pai̯.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pan.tiˈka.pɛ.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pan.tiˈka.pɛ.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pan.tiˈka.pe.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pan.diˈka.pe.on/
Proper noun
Παντῐκάπαιον • (Pantĭkápaion) n (genitive Παντῐκᾰπαίου); second declension
- Panticapaeum; Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ Παντικάπαιον tò Pantikápaion | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Παντικαπαίου toû Pantikapaíou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Παντικαπαίῳ tōî Pantikapaíōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ Παντικάπαιον tò Pantikápaion | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Παντικάπαιον Pantikápaion | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
Descendants
- German: Pantikapaion
- Greek: Παντικάπαιο (Pantikápaio)
- Latin: Panticapaeum
- Russian: Пантикапей (Pantikapej)
- Ukrainian: Пантікапей (Pantikapej)
References
- ^ Diakonoff, I. M. (1985) “Media”, in Ilya Gershevitch, editor, The Cambridge History of Iran: Volume 2: The Median and Achaemenid Periods, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 93