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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

Ἅβραμ δὲ κατῴκησεν ἐν γῇ Χαναάν, Λὼτ δὲ κατῴκησεν ἐν πόλει τῶν περιχώρων καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν Σοδόμοισ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 13:12)
ἐν δὲ τῷ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει ἦλθε Χοδολλογομὸρ καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖσ μετ̓ αὐτοῦ καὶ κατέκοψαν τοὺσ γίγαντασ τοὺσ ἐν Ἀσταρὼθ καὶ Καρναί̈ν, καὶ ἔθνη ἰσχυρὰ ἅμα αὐτοῖσ καὶ τοὺσ Ὀμμαίουσ τοὺσ ἐν Σαυῇ τῇ πόλει (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 14:5)
ἐὰν ὦσι πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἀπολεῖσ αὐτούσ̣ οὐκ ἀνήσεισ πάντα τὸν τόπον ἕνεκεν τῶν πεντήκοντα δικαίων, ἐὰν ὦσιν ἐν αὐτῇ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:24)
εἶπε δὲ Κύριοσ. ἐὰν ὦσιν ἐν Σοδόμοισ πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἀφήσω ὅλην τὴν πόλιν καὶ πάντα τὸν τόπον δἰ αὐτούσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 18:26)
Εἶπαν δὲ οἱ ἄνδρεσ ἢ πρὸσ Λώτ. εἰσί σοι ὧδε γαμβροὶ ἢ υἱοὶ ἢ θυγατέρεσ̣ ἢ εἴτισ σοι ἄλλοσ ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἐξάγαγε ἐκ τοῦ τόπου τούτου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:12)

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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