Neapolis
See also: Néapolis
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα (néa, “new”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”). Varro states in De Lingua Latina that it was previously called "Novapolis".
Proper noun
Neāpolis f sg (genitive Neāpolis or Neāpoleos or Neāpolios); third declension
- Naples, Italy
- Various other cities in the Hellenistic world, including modern Nabeul, Tunisia, and Nablus, Palestine.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Neāpolis |
| Genitive | Neāpolis Neāpoleos Neāpolios |
| Dative | Neāpolī |
| Accusative | Neāpolim Neāpolin |
| Ablative | Neāpolī |
| Vocative | Neāpolis Neāpolī |
| Locative | Neāpolī |
The genitive forms beside Neāpolis are influenced by the Greek and only used postclassically.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Neapolis.
Descendants
- English: Naples
- French: Naples
- Italian: Napoli
- Neapolitan: Napule
- Portuguese: Nápoles
- Romanian: Napoli
- Spanish: Nápoles
References
- “Neapolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Neapolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Latin Neapolis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis).
Proper noun
Neapolis m
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