Carduchi

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καρδοῦχοι (Kardoûkhoi).

Proper noun

Carduchi

1. (antiquity) A warlike tribe that occupied the hilly country along the upper Tigris near the Assyrian and Median borders.

Derived terms

• Carduchian

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καρδοῦχοι (Kardoûkhoi).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.du.kʰiː/, [ˈkärd̪ʊkʰiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.du.ki/, [ˈkärd̪uki]

Proper noun

Carduchī m pl (genitive Carduchōrum); second declension

1. A tribe settled on the left bank of the Tigris.

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Carduchī
Genitive	Carduchōrum
Dative	Carduchīs
Accusative	Carduchōs
Ablative	Carduchīs
Vocative	Carduchī

References

• “Carduchi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Carduchi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.