Nicopolis
See also: Nicópolis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Nīcopolis, from Ancient Greek Νικόπολις (Nikópolis), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”) in honor of the Battle of Actium.
Proper noun edit
Nicopolis
- (historical) Former name of Preveza, a city in northwestern Greece that served as the provincial capital of Epirus Vetus in the Roman Empire.
- (historical) Former name of Emmaus, a former city in the West Bank, Palestine.
Translations edit
French edit
Proper noun edit
Nicopolis f
- Nicopolis (ancient capital of the province of Epirus Vetus of the Roman Empire, in modern Greece)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Νικόπολις (Nikópolis, “city of victory”).
Proper noun edit
Nīcopolis f sg (genitive Nīcopolis or Nīcopolios); third declension
- Nicopolis (various cities in the Roman Empire), including:
- The capital of Epirus Vetus, in the Roman Empire, now Preveza (a city in Greece)
- (historical) Emmaus (a former city in the West Bank, Palestine)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Nīcopolis |
Genitive | Nīcopolis Nīcopolios |
Dative | Nīcopolī |
Accusative | Nīcopolim Nīcopolin |
Ablative | Nīcopolī |
Vocative | Nīcopolis Nīcopolī |
Locative | Nīcopolī |
References edit
- “Nicopolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nicopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.