πόλις
Third declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πόλις
πόλεως
Structure:
πολι
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Etym.: gen. po/lews dissyll. in attic Poets
Sense
- city
- the Athenian citadel
- one's city or country
- (ὁ ἐπὶ τῆς πόλεως) city governor, praetor urbanus
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καὶ κατέστρεψε τὰσ πόλεισ ταύτασ καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν περίχωρον καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσι καὶ τὰ ἀνατέλλοντα ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:25)
- καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἐκτρίψαι Κύριον πάσασ τὰσ πόλεισ τῆσ περιοίκου, ἐμνήσθη ὁ Θεὸσ τοῦ Ἁβραὰμ καὶ ἐξαπέστειλε τὸν Λὼτ ἐκ μέσου τῆσ καταστροφῆσ, ἐν τῷ καταστρέψαι Κύριον τὰσ πόλεισ, ἐν αἷσ κατῴκει ἐν αὐταῖσ Λώτ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:29)
- ἦ μὴν εὐλογῶν εὐλογήσω σε, καὶ πληθύνων πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου, ὡσ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ὡσ τὴν ἄμμον τὴν παρὰ τὸ χεῖλοσ τῆσ θαλάσσησ, καὶ κληρονομήσει τὸ σπέρμα σου τὰσ πόλεισ τῶν ὑπεναντίων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 22:17)
- καὶ εὐλόγησαν Ρεβέκκαν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ. ἀδελφὴ ἡμῶν εἶ. γίνου εἰσ χιλιάδασ μυριάδων, καὶ κληρονομησάτω τὸ σπέρμα σου τὰσ πόλεισ τῶν ὑπεναντίων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 24:60)
Synonyms
-
city
-
the Athenian citadel
-
one's city or country
