Cartenna

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cartennae, Cartinna

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καρτέννα (Karténna), from Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕𐤕𐤍 (qrttn), from 𐤒𐤓𐤕 (qrt, “city”) + an uncertain Berber toponym.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /karˈten.na/, [kärˈt̪ɛnːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /karˈten.na/, [kärˈt̪ɛnːä]

Proper noun

Cartenna f sg (genitive Cartennae); first declension

1. Tenes (a city in Algeria)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cartenna
Genitive	Cartennae
Dative	Cartennae
Accusative	Cartennam
Ablative	Cartennā
Vocative	Cartenna
Locative	Cartennae

References

• Cartenna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cartenna”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly