ἑλέπολις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἑλέπτολις (heléptolis)
Etymology
From ἑλε- (hele-, “to take, capture”, aorist stem of αἱρέω (hairéō)) + πόλις (pólis, “city”): literally “taking or capturing cities”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /he.lé.po.lis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)eˈle.po.lis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈle.po.lis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈle.po.lis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /eˈle.po.lis/
Noun
ἑλέπολῐς • (helépolis) f (genitive ἑλεπόλεως); third declension
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἑλέπολῐς hē helépolis |
τὼ ἑλεπόλει tṑ helepólei |
αἱ ἑλεπόλεις hai helepóleis | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἑλεπόλεως tês helepóleōs |
τοῖν ἑλεπολέοιν toîn helepoléoin |
τῶν ἑλεπόλεων tôn helepóleōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἑλεπόλει têi helepólei |
τοῖν ἑλεπολέοιν toîn helepoléoin |
ταῖς ἑλεπόλεσῐ / ἑλεπόλεσῐν taîs helepólesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἑλέπολῐν tḕn helépolin |
τὼ ἑλεπόλει tṑ helepólei |
τᾱ̀ς ἑλεπόλεις tā̀s helepóleis | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἑλέπολῐ helépoli |
ἑλεπόλει helepólei |
ἑλεπόλεις helepóleis | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Latin: helepolis
Further reading
- “ἑλέπολις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἑλέπολις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἑλέπολις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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