Νεάπολις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Νέᾱ́ πόλῐς (Néā́ pólis)

Etymology

From νέᾱ́ (néā́, “new”) +‎ πόλῐς (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ne.ǎː.po.lis/ → /neˈa.po.lis/ → /neˈa.po.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ne.ǎː.po.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /neˈa.po.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /neˈa.po.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /neˈa.po.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /neˈa.po.lis/

Proper noun

Νεᾱ́πολῐς • (Neā́polis) f (genitive Νεᾱπόλεως); third declension

1. Any one of various Greek and Hellenistic cities named Neapolis
2. Naples, Italy
3. Nablus, West Bank, formerly known as Shechem

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Νεᾱ́πολῐς; τῆς Νεᾱπόλεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Νεᾱ́πολῐς hē Neā́polis
Genitive	τῆς Νεᾱπόλεως tês Neāpóleōs
Dative	τῇ Νεᾱπόλει têi Neāpólei
Accusative	τὴν Νεᾱ́πολῐν tḕn Neā́polin
Vocative	Νεᾱ́πολῐ Neā́poli
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Νεᾱπολῑ́της (Neāpolī́tēs)

Descendants

• Arabic: نابلس (nāblus), نابل (nābil)
• English: Naples
• French: Naples
• Greek: Νεάπολη (Neápoli)
• Italian: Napoli
• Latin: Neāpolis
• Neapolitan: Napule

References

• “Νεάπολις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G3496 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,018