Ἑρμόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ἑρμῆς (Hermês, “Hermes (Greek god)”) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /erˈmo.po.lis/ → /erˈmo.po.lis/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)erˈmo.po.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /erˈmo.po.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /erˈmo.po.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /erˈmo.po.lis/

Proper noun

Ἑρμόπολις • (Hermópolis) f (genitive Ἑρμοπόλεως); third declension

1. Hermopolis; El Ashmunein, Egypt

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἑρμόπολῐς; τῆς Ἑρμοπόλεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἑρμόπολῐς hē Hermópolis
Genitive	τῆς Ἑρμοπόλεως tês Hermopóleōs
Dative	τῇ Ἑρμοπόλει têi Hermopólei
Accusative	τὴν Ἑρμόπολῐν tḕn Hermópolin
Vocative	Ἑρμόπολῐ Hermópoli
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἑρμοπολίτης (Hermopolítēs)

Descendants

• Latin: Hermopolis

References

• Ἑρμόπολις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette