Diospolis

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Διόσπολις (Dióspolis).

Proper noun[edit]

Diospolis f sg (genitive Diospolis); third declension

  1. A town of Upper Egypt on the left bank of the Nile, between Abydus and Tentyra

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Diospolis
Genitive Diospolis
Dative Diospolī
Accusative Diospolim
Diospolin
Ablative Diospolī
Vocative Diospolis
Diospolī
Locative Diospolī

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Diospolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Diospolis Parva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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