Μεγαλόπολις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Μεγᾰ́λη Πόλῐς (Megálē Pólis)

Etymology

From μέγᾰς (mégas, “big”) +‎ πόλῐς (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.ló.po.lis/ → /me.ɣaˈlo.po.lis/ → /me.ɣaˈlo.po.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.ló.po.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /me.ɡaˈlo.po.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /me.ɣaˈlo.po.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /me.ɣaˈlo.po.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /me.ɣaˈlo.po.lis/

Proper noun

Μεγᾰλόπολῐς • (Megalópolis) f (genitive Μεγᾰλοπόλεως); third declension

1. Megalopolis, Arcadia, Greece

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Μεγᾰλόπολῐς; τῆς Μεγᾰλοπόλεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μεγᾰλόπολῐς hē Megalópolis
Genitive	τῆς Μεγᾰλοπόλεως tês Megalopóleōs
Dative	τῇ Μεγᾰλοπόλει têi Megalopólei
Accusative	τὴν Μεγᾰλόπολῐν tḕn Megalópolin
Vocative	Μεγᾰλόπολῐ Megalópoli
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́της (Megalopolī́tēs)
• Μεγᾰλοπολῑτῐκός (Megalopolītikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Μεγαλόπολη (Megalópoli)
• Latin: Megalopolis

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016