Ctesiphon

English Etymology From en la Ctēsiphōn, from en grc Κτησιφῶν. Pronunciation en /ˈtɛsɪfɒn/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Ctesiphon.wav Southern England en /ˈtɛsɪfɑn/ /kəˈtɛs-/ /-səf-/ US Proper noun en historical en An <<ancient capital>> of <<empire/Parthia>> and later of the Sasanian <<empire/Persian Empire>>, on the <<riv/Tigris>> near <<city/Baghdad>> in present-day <<c/Iraq>>, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries. en Steeple Bush Robert Frost 1947 The Ingenuities of Debt These I assume were words so deeply meant / They cut themselves in stone for permanent / Like trouble in the brow above the eyes: / ‘Take Care to Sell Your Horse before He Dies / The Art of Life Is Passing Losses on.’ / The city saying it was Ctesiphon, / Which may a little while by war and trade / Have kept from being caught with the decayed, / Infirm, worn-out, and broken on its hands; Derived terms Ctesiphonian Translations ancient ruined city Arabic: ar المَدَائِن, ar قُطَيْسَفُون, ar طَيْسَفُون Aramaic: Classical Syriac: syc ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ Qṭēsfōn Armenian: hy Տիզբոն Old Armenian: xcl Տիզբոն, xcl Տիսբոն Azerbaijani: az Ktesifon, az Mədain Czech: cs Ktésifón French: fr Ctésiphon f Georgian: ka Old Georgian: oge German: de Ktesiphon n Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Κτησιφῶν m Hebrew: he קטסיפון Hindi: hi टेसिफ़ॉन Italian: it Ctesifonte Kurdish: Central Kurdish: ckb تیسفۆن Northern Kurdish: kmr Tîsfûn Latin: la Ctēsiphōn f Parthian: xpr 𐫤𐫏𐫘𐫛𐫇𐫗 tyspwn Manichaean Persian: fa تیسفون tisfun Middle Persian: pal 𐫤𐫏𐫘𐫛𐫇𐫗 tyspwn tēsifōn Phlv Polish: pl Ktezyfon m Portuguese: pt Ctesifonte f Russian: ru Ктесифо́н m Sogdian: sog ܛܝܣܦܘܢ tyspwn Spanish: es Ctesifonte Tajik: tg Тайса­фун, tg Тисфун Turkish: tr Tizpon Further reading Sasanian Empire Siege of Ctesiphon (637) Muslim conquest of Persia Anagrams en cehinopst phonetics sphenotic Latin Alternative forms la Ctēsifōn Vulgate spelling Etymology From la grc Κτησιφῶν. In Old Latin, it was declined as Ctēsiphōn, Ctēsiphōnis. Pronunciation Ctēsiphōn Proper noun Ctēsiphōn/Ctēsiphōnt<3.loc> f la ancient capital empire/Parthia in modern c/Iraq Ctesiphon Declension Ctēsiphōn/Ctēsiphōnt<3.loc> References