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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 οἱ ἀγροὶ ἀφωρισμένοι ταῖσ πόλεσιν αὐτῶν οὐ πραθήσονται, ὅτι κατάσχεσισ αἰωνία τοῦτο αὐτῶν ἐστιν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:34)
  • πλὴν αἱ γυναῖκεσ ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ κτήνη ὑμῶν, οἶδα ὅτι πολλὰ κτήνη ὑμῖν, κατοικείτωσαν ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσιν ὑμῶν, αἷσ ἔδωκα ὑμῖν, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 3:19)
  • ἀλλ̓ ἢ ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου φαγῇ αὐτὸ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, ᾧ ἂν ἐκλέξηται Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου αὐτῷ, σὺ καὶ ὁ υἱόσ σου καὶ ἡ θυγάτηρ σου, ὁ παῖσ σου καὶ ἡ παιδίσκη σου καὶ ὁ προσήλυτοσ ὁ ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσιν ὑμῶν, καὶ εὐφρανθήσῃ ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἐπὶ πάντα, οὗ ἐὰν ἐπιβάλῃσ τὴν χεῖρά σου. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 12:18)
  • Ἐὰν δὲ ἀδυνατήσῃ ἀπὸ σοῦ ρῆμα ἐν κρίσει ἀναμέσον αἷμα αἵματοσ καὶ ἀναμέσον κρίσισ κρίσεωσ καὶ ἀναμέσον ἁφὴ ἁφῆσ καὶ ἀναμέσον ἀντιλογία ἀντιλογίασ, ρήματα κρίσεωσ ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσιν ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀναστὰσ ἀναβήσῃ εἰσ τὸν τόπον, ὃν ἂν ἐκλέξηται Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου ἐκεῖ, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 17:8)
  • ΕΑΝ δὲ ἀφανίσῃ Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου τὰ ἔθνη, ἃ ὁ Θεὸσ δίδωσί σοι τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν, καὶ κατακληρονομήσητε αὐτοὺσ καὶ κατοικήσετε ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσιν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖσ οἴκοισ αὐτῶν, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 19:1)

Synonyms

  1. city

  2. the Athenian citadel

  3. one's city or country

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