-polis

See also: Appendix:Variations of "polis"

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-

Proto-Hellenic *ptólis

Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)bor.

Latin -polislbor.

English -polis

Learned borrowing from Latin -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Suffix

-polis (plural -poleis or -polises)

1. Forms names of cities or kinds of cities.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -polis

Related terms

• acropolis
• aerotropolis
• ecumenopolis
• helepolis
• megalopolis
• megametropolis
• megapolis
• metropolis
• micropolis
• necropolis
• regiopolis

 

Anagrams

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Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-

Proto-Hellenic *ptólis

Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)bor.

Latin -polis

Borrowed 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)

1. Forms names of cities

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	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
• cōmopolis
• Cōnstantīnopolis
• Decapolis
• Eleutheropolis
• Eupolis
• Grātiānopolis
• Hadriānopolis
• hecatompolis
• helepolis
• Hēliopolis
• Hērācleopolis
• Hierāpolis
• Hyampolis
• Iōsēphopolis
• Iūliopolis
• Mārciānopolis
• Megalopolis
• mētropolis
• Mētropolis
• Neāpolis
• Nīcopolis
• Palaepolis
• Parthenopolis
• Pentapolis
• Persepolis
• Philippopolis
• Plōtīnopolis
• Scythopolis
• Trājānopolis
• Tripolis

 

Descendants

• → English: -polis (learned)