πόλη

See also: Πόλη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pó.lɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.le̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.li/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.li/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.li/

Noun

πόλη • (pólē)

nominative/accusative/vocative dual of πόλῐς (pólĭs)

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly,^[1] from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis), from Proto-Hellenic *ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis, from *tpelH-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpoli/
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Noun

πόλη • (póli) f (plural πόλεις)

town, city
townspeople

Declension

Declension of **πόλη**
	singular	plural
nominative	πόλη (póli)	πόλεις (póleis)
genitive	πόλης (pólis)	πόλεων (póleon)
accusative	πόλη (póli)	πόλεις (póleis)
vocative	πόλη (póli)	πόλεις (póleis)
Also, older or formal genitive singular: πόλεως (póleos)

Synonyms

πολιτεία n (politeía)
άστυ n (ásty, “large city”)

Related terms

αντιπολιτικός (antipolitikós, “unpolitical”, adjective)
απολιτικός (apolitikós, “apolitical”, adjective)
κωμόπολη f (komópoli, “small town”)
πολιτεία f (politeía, “state”)
πολίτευμα n (polítevma, “governance”)
πολίτης m (polítis, “citizen”)
πολιτική f (politikí, “politics, policy”)
πολιτικός (politikós, “civil, political”, adjective)
πολιτικός m or f (politikós, “politician”, noun)
πολίτις f (polítis, “citizen”)
πολιτισμός m (politismós, “culture, civilisation”)
πολίχνη f (políchni, “township”)
and see: αντιπολίτευση f (antipolítefsi, “political opposition”)

See also

κώμη f (kómi, “market town”)
χωριό n (chorió, “village, hometown”)
πόλις f (pólis) (also in Katharevousa)

References

^ πόλη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

Further reading

πόλη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el