Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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 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

  1. city

  2. the Athenian citadel

  3. one's city or country

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