-polis
See also: Appendix:Variations of "polis"
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
Learned borrowing from Latin -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Suffix
-polis (plural -poleis or -polises)
- 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
Latin
Etymology
Etymology tree
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔ.lɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [po.lis] (stressed on antepenult)
Suffix
-polis f (genitive -polis, -polēos, -polios)
- 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)