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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

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πόλις	πόλει	πόλεις
Genitive	πόλεως	πόλοιν	πόλεων
Dative	πόλει	πόλοιν	πόλεσιν*
Accusative	πόλιν	πόλει	πόλεις
Vocative	πόλι	πόλει	πόλεις

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.

Examples

Καὶ ἔγνω Κάϊν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ, καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκε τὸν Ἐνώχ. καὶ ἦν οἰκοδομῶν πόλιν καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὴν πόλιν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, Ἐνώχ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 4:17)
ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ ἐκείνησ ἐξῆλθεν Ἀσσοὺρ καὶ ᾠκοδόμησε τὴν Νινευί̈ καὶ τὴν Ροωβὼθ πόλιν καὶ τὴν Χαλὰχ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:11)
καὶ εἶπαν. δεῦτε οἰκοδομήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖσ πόλιν καὶ πύργον, οὗ ἔσται ἡ κεφαλὴ ἕωσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ποιήσωμεν ἑαυτοῖσ ὄνομα πρὸ τοῦ διασπαρῆναι ἡμᾶσ ἐπὶ προσώπου πάσησ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:4)
καὶ κατέβη Κύριοσ ἰδεῖν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν πύργον, ὃν ᾠκοδόμησαν οἱ υἱοὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 11:5)

Synonyms

city
- τοξότης (the city-guard)
- τετράπολις (of or with four cities)
- τειχίον (a wall, city-walls.)
- ἀστύνικος (the victorious city)
- πολίαρχος (ruler of a city)
- σωσίπολις (saving the city)
- ῥυσίπολις (saving the city)
- ἀντίπολις (a rival city)
- πόλισμα (a city, town)
- ἄστυ (a town, city)
- Ἀθῆναι (the city of Athens)
- τεῖχος (fortified city)
- ὀρθόπολις (upholding the city)
the Athenian citadel
- Κέκροψ (the Athenians)
one's city or country
- μητρόπολις (one's mother-city, mother country, home)
- φιλόπατρις (loving one's country)

ἀκρόπολις (the upper city)
μητρόπολις (mother-state)
κτίσμα (anything created)
πολέω (to go about)
Ἕλλην (Greek)
Ἑλλάς (Hellas)
λιμηρός (hungry)
πολυάνθρωπος (full of people)
πατρίς (The place of one's father)
νεάπολις (a new city)
Σιδών (Sidon)
οἴκησις (the act of dwelling or inhabiting)
ἐπίνειον (the sea-port)
Σύβαρις (Sybaris)
Ἑλληνίς (A Greek woman)
ἀποικισμός (the settlement of a colony)
τετράπολις (of or with four cities)
περίρρυτος (surrounded with water)
εὐάμπελος (with fine vines)
παραποτάμιος (beside a river)
κτίσις (founding)
εὔκαρπος (rich in fruit)
εὐλίμενος (with good harbours)
εὔυδρος (well-watered)
κατοικίᾱ (habitation)
Λάρισα (Larissa)
Πτολεμαί̈ς (Acre)
πρόσορμος (a landing-place)
Καρχηδών (Carthage)
Αἰολικός (Aeolic)

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city

the Athenian citadel

one's city or country

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