-polis
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Suffix
-polis
Derived terms
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /po.lis/, [pɔlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.lis/, [polis] (stressed on antepenult)
Suffix
-polis f (genitive -polis, -polēos, -polios)
- city; forms names of cities
Declension
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
- Amphipolis
- Antipolis
- Callipolis
- Claudiopolis
- Cōnstantīnopolis
- Decapolis
- Eleutheropolis
- Eupolis
- Grātiānopolis
- Hadriānopolis
- Hēliopolis
- Hērācleopolis
- Hierapolis
- Hyampolis
- Mārciānopolis
- Megalopolis
- Mētropolis
- Neāpolis
- Nīcopolis
- Palaepolis
- Pentapolis
- Persepolis
- Philippopolis
- Plotinopolis
- Scythopolis
- Trajanopolis
- Tripolis
- cōmopolis
- hecatompolis
- helepolis
- mētropolis