-polis
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "polis"
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Suffix
[edit]-polis (plural -poleis or -polises)
- Forms names of cities or kinds of cities.
Related terms
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /po.lis/, [pɔlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.lis/, [polis] (stressed on antepenult)
Suffix
[edit]-polis f (genitive -polis, -polēos, -polios)
- Forms names of cities
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | -polis | -polēs |
| Genitive | -polis -polēos -polios |
-polium |
| Dative | -polī | -polibus |
| Accusative | -polem -polim -polin |
-polēs -polīs |
| Ablative | -pole | -polibus |
| Vocative | -polis | -polēs |
Related terms
[edit]- Amphipolis
- Antipolis
- Callipolis
- Claudiopolis
- cōmopolis
- Cōnstantīnopolis
- Decapolis
- Eleutheropolis
- Eupolis
- Grātiānopolis
- Hadriānopolis
- hecatompolis
- helepolis
- Hierāpolis
- Hyampolis
- Hēliopolis
- Hērācleopolis
- Iōsēphopolis
- Iūliopolis
- Megalopolis
- Mārciānopolis
- mētropolis
- Mētropolis
- Neāpolis
- Nīcopolis
- Palaepolis
- Parthenopolis
- Pentapolis
- Persepolis
- Philippopolis
- Plōtīnopolis
- Scythopolis
- Tripolis
- Trājānopolis
Descendants
[edit]- → English: -polis (learned)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English learned borrowings from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin suffixes
- Latin feminine suffixes