Philippopolis

English

Etymology

From Latin Philippopolis, from Ancient Greek Φιλιππούπολις (Philippoúpolis).

Proper noun

Philippopolis

1. A city of Thrace, now Plovdiv; historical capital of the Roman province of Thracia.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φιλιππούπολις (Philippoúpolis).

Proper noun

Philippopolis f sg (genitive Philippopolis); third declension

1. A city of Thrace, now Plovdiv; historical capital of the Roman province of Thracia.

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Philippopolis
genitive	Philippopolis
dative	Philippopolī
accusative	Philippopolim Philippopolin
ablative	Philippopolī
vocative	Philippopolis Philippopolī
locative	Philippopolī

References

• “Philippopolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Philippopolis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• “Philippopolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly