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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 αἱ πόλεισ τῶν Λευιτῶν, οἰκίαι τῶν πόλεων κατασχέσεωσ αὐτῶν, λυτρωταὶ διαπαντὸσ ἔσονται τοῖσ Λευίταισ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:32)
καὶ ὃσ ἂν λυτρώσηται παρὰ τῶν Λευιτῶν καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ἡ διάπρασισ αὐτῶν οἰκιῶν πόλεωσ κατασχέσεωσ αὐτῶν ἐν τῇ ἀφέσει, ὅτι οἰκίαι τῶν πόλεων τῶν Λευιτῶν κατάσχεσισ αὐτῶν ἐν μέσῳ υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 25:33)
καὶ τὴν Βεελμεών, περικεκυκλωμένασ, καὶ τὴν Σεβαμὰ καὶ ἐπωνόμασαν κατὰ τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν πόλεων, ἃσ ᾠκοδόμησαν. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 32:38)
σύνταξον τοῖσ υἱοῖσ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ δώσουσι τοῖσ Λευίταισ ἀπὸ τῶν κλήρων κατασχέσεωσ αὐτῶν πόλεισ κατοικεῖν καὶ τὰ προάστεια τῶν πόλεων κύκλῳ αὐτῶν δώσουσι τοῖσ Λευίταισ, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 35:2)
καὶ τὰ συγκυροῦντα τῶν πόλεων, ἃσ δώσετε τοῖσ Λευίταισ, ἀπὸ τείχουσ τῆσ πόλεωσ καὶ ἔξω δισχιλίουσ πήχεισ κύκλῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 35:4)

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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one's city or country

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