"Κτησιφῶν" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Κτησιφῶν in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ktɛː.si.pʰɔ̂ːn/, /kti.siˈɸon/, /kti.siˈfon/, /ktɛː.si.pʰɔ̂ːn/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /kte̝.siˈpʰon/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /kti.siˈɸon/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /kti.siˈfon/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /kti.siˈfon/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: The name of the city was borrowed from Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫤𐫏𐫘𐫛𐫇𐫗 (tyspwn /⁠Tīsfōn/, /Tēsifōn⁠/). The spelling reflects a folk etymology from the personal name, which is from κτᾰ́ομαι (ktắomai, “to acquire”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”). Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|xmn|𐫤𐫏𐫘𐫛𐫇𐫗|ts=Tīsfōn/, /Tēsifōn}} Manichaean Middle Persian 𐫤𐫏𐫘𐫛𐫇𐫗 (tyspwn /⁠Tīsfōn/, /Tēsifōn⁠/), {{com|grc|κτᾰ́ομαι|φωνή|t1=to acquire|t2=voice}} κτᾰ́ομαι (ktắomai, “to acquire”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Κτησῐφῶντος|m|third|head=Κτησῐφῶν}} Κτησῐφῶν • (Ktēsĭphôn) m (genitive Κτησῐφῶντος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Κτησῐφῶν|Κτησῐφῶντος|form=sing}} Forms: Κτησῐφῶν [canonical], Ktēsĭphôn [romanization], Κτησῐφῶντος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ Κτησῐφῶν [nominative, singular], τοῦ Κτησῐφῶντος [genitive, singular], τῷ Κτησῐφῶντῐ [dative, singular], τὸν Κτησῐφῶντᾰ [accusative, singular], Κτησῐφῶν [singular, vocative]
  1. a male given name: Ctesiphon Categories (topical): Ancient Greek given names, Ancient Greek male given names Categories (place): Cities
    Sense id: en-Κτησιφῶν-grc-name--aNLvvK9 Disambiguation of Cities: 75 25 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7
  2. Ctesiphon, an ancient city
    Sense id: en-Κτησιφῶν-grc-name-tIEA0oSD
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      "ipa": "/kti.siˈfon/",
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