πόλις

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Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (stronghold, fortification). Cognate with Sanskrit पुर (pura, city) and Lithuanian pilis. Irregular accent on genitive πόλεως due to quantitative metathesis from older πόληος; genitive plural imitates genitive singular.

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πόλις (genitive πόλεως) f, third declension; (polis)

  1. city.
    Οὐκ ἔλαϐον πόλιν ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἐλπὶς ἔφη κακά.

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