Δικαιόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δίκαι(ος) (díkai(os), “righteous”) +‎ -ό- (-ó-) +‎ -πολις (-polis, “city”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.kai̯.ó.po.lis/ → /ði.cɛˈo.po.lis/ → /ði.ceˈo.po.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.kai̯.ó.po.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.kɛˈo.po.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.cɛˈo.po.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.ceˈo.po.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.ceˈo.po.lis/

Proper noun

Δῐκαιόπολῐς • (Dikaiópolis) f (genitive Δῐκαιοπόλεως); third declension

1. Dicaeopolis, name of cities

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Δῐκαιόπολῐς; τῆς Δῐκαιοπόλεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Δῐκαιόπολῐς hē Dikaiópolis	τὼ Δῐκαιοπόλει tṑ Dikaiopólei	αἱ Δῐκαιοπόλεις hai Dikaiopóleis
Genitive	τῆς Δῐκαιοπόλεως tês Dikaiopóleōs	τοῖν Δῐκαιοπολέοιν toîn Dikaiopoléoin	τῶν Δῐκαιοπόλεων tôn Dikaiopóleōn
Dative	τῇ Δῐκαιοπόλει têi Dikaiopólei	τοῖν Δῐκαιοπολέοιν toîn Dikaiopoléoin	ταῖς Δῐκαιοπόλεσῐ / Δῐκαιοπόλεσῐν taîs Dikaiopólesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν Δῐκαιόπολῐν tḕn Dikaiópolin	τὼ Δῐκαιοπόλει tṑ Dikaiopólei	τᾱ̀ς Δῐκαιοπόλεις tā̀s Dikaiopóleis
Vocative	Δῐκαιόπολῐ Dikaiópoli	Δῐκαιοπόλει Dikaiopólei	Δῐκαιοπόλεις Dikaiopóleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Dicaeopolis
  • → German: Dikäopolis
  • → Spanish: Diceópolis
  • → French: Dicéopolis
  • → Italian: Diceopoli

Proper noun

Δῐκαιόπολῐς • (Dikaiópolis) m (genitive Δῐκαιοπόλῐδος); third declension

1. Dicaeopolis, name of persona at comedy The Acharnians by Aristophanes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Δῐκαιόπολῐς; τοῦ Δῐκαιοπόλῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δῐκαιόπολῐς ho Dikaiópolis
Genitive	τοῦ Δῐκαιοπόλῐδος toû Dikaiopólidos
Dative	τῷ Δῐκαιοπόλῐδῐ tôi Dikaiopólidi
Accusative	τὸν Δῐκαιοπόλῐδᾰ tòn Dikaiopólida
Vocative	Δῐκαιόπολῐ Dikaiópoli
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• Δικαιόπολις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Δικαιόπολις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)