Λυκόπολις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Λύκων πόλις (Lúkōn pólis)

Etymology

From λῠ́κος (lúkos, “wolf”) +‎ πόλῐς (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.kó.po.lis/ → /lyˈko.po.lis/ → /liˈko.po.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.kó.po.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈko.po.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈko.po.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈko.po.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈko.po.lis/

Proper noun

Λῠκόπολῐς • (Lukópolis) f (genitive Λῠκοπόλεως); third declension

1. Asyut, Egypt

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Λῠκόπολῐς; τῆς Λῠκοπόλεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λῠκόπολῐς hē Lukópolis
Genitive	τῆς Λῠκοπόλεως tês Lukopóleōs
Dative	τῇ Λῠκοπόλει têi Lukopólei
Accusative	τὴν Λῠκόπολῐν tḕn Lukópolin
Vocative	Λῠκόπολῐ Lukópoli
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Λῠκοπολῑ́της (Lukopolī́tēs)
• Λῠκοπολῑτῐκός (Lukopolītikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Λυκόπολη (Lykópoli)
• Latin: Lycopolis