Παντικάπαιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Scythian *Pantikapa (literally “fish-path”).[1]

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Παντῐκάπαιον • (Pantikápaion) n (genitive Παντῐκᾰπαίου); second declension

  1. Panticapaeum; Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ Παντικάπαιον; τοῦ Παντικαπαίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ Παντικάπαιον
tò Pantikápaion
Genitive τοῦ Παντικαπαίου
toû Pantikapaíou
Dative τῷ Παντικαπαίῳ
tôi Pantikapaíōi
Accusative τὸ Παντικάπαιον
tò Pantikápaion
Vocative Παντικάπαιον
Pantikápaion
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • German: Pantikapaion
  • Greek: Παντικάπαιο (Pantikápaio)
  • Latin: Panticapaeum
  • Russian: Пантикапей (Pantikapej)
  • Ukrainian: Пантікапей (Pantikapej)

References
  1. 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
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