ctesiphon

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Pronunciation

/ˈtɛsɪfɒn/

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/ˈtɛsɪfɒn/ · /ˈstɛsɪfɒn/

Definition of ctesiphon

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(historical)An ancient capital of Parthia and later of the Sassanid Persian Empire, on the Tigris near Baghdad in present-day Iraq, abandoned in the 7th and 8th centuries.

“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; […]”

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From Latin Ctēsiphōn, from Ancient Greek Κτησιφῶν (Ktēsiphôn).

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