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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

  1. city
  2. the Athenian citadel
  3. one's city or country
  4. (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.

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 τὴν Δασὴ ἀνὰ μέσον Νινευί̈ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσο Χαλάχ. αὕτη ἡ πόλισ μεγάλη. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:12)
  • 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)
  • ἰδοὺ ἡ πόλισ αὕτη ἐγγὺσ τοῦ καταφυγεῖν με ἐκεῖ, ἥ ἐστι μικρά, καὶ ἐκεῖ διασωθήσομαι. οὐ μικρά ἐστι̣ καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἕνεκέν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:20)
  • ἔστι γὰρ Ἐσεβὼν πόλισ Σηὼν τοῦ βασιλέωσ τῶν Ἀμορραίων, καὶ οὗτοσ ἐπολέμησε βασιλέα Μωὰβ τὸ πρότερον καὶ ἔλαβον πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ Ἀροὴρ ἕωσ Ἀρνῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 21:26)
  • διὰ τοῦτο ἐροῦσιν οἱ αἰνιγματισταί. ἔλθετε εἰσ Ἐσεβών, ἵνα οἰκοδομηθῇ καὶ κατασκευασθῇ πόλισ Σηών. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 21:27)
  • καὶ μετρήσεισ ἔξω τῆσ πόλεωσ τὸ κλίτοσ τὸ πρὸσ ἀνατολὰσ δισχιλίουσ πήχεισ καὶ τὸ κλίτοσ τὸ πρὸσ λίβα δισχιλίουσ πήχεισ καὶ τὸ κλίτοσ τὸ πρὸσ θάλασσαν δισχιλίουσ πήχεισ καὶ τὸ κλίτοσ τὸ πρὸσ βορρᾶν δισχιλίουσ πήχεισ, καὶ ἡ πόλισ μέσον τούτου ἔσται ὑμῖν καὶ τὰ ὅμορα τῶν πόλεων. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 35:5)

Synonyms

  1. city

  2. the Athenian citadel

  3. one's city or country

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