ἑλέπολις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἑλέπτολις (heléptolis)

Etymology

From ἑλε- (hele-, “to take, capture”, aorist stem of αἱρέω (hairéō)) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”): literally “taking or capturing cities”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.lé.po.lis/ → /eˈle.po.lis/ → /eˈle.po.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.lé.po.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)eˈle.po.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈle.po.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈle.po.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈle.po.lis/

Noun

ἑλέπολῐς • (helépolis) f (genitive ἑλεπόλεως); third declension

1. helepolis, an engine for sieges

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἑλέπολῐς; τῆς ἑλεπόλεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἑλέπολῐς hē helépolis	τὼ ἑλεπόλει tṑ helepólei	αἱ ἑλεπόλεις hai helepóleis
Genitive	τῆς ἑλεπόλεως tês helepóleōs	τοῖν ἑλεπολέοιν toîn helepoléoin	τῶν ἑλεπόλεων tôn helepóleōn
Dative	τῇ ἑλεπόλει têi helepólei	τοῖν ἑλεπολέοιν toîn helepoléoin	ταῖς ἑλεπόλεσῐ / ἑλεπόλεσῐν taîs helepólesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἑλέπολῐν tḕn helépolin	τὼ ἑλεπόλει tṑ helepólei	τᾱ̀ς ἑλεπόλεις tā̀s helepóleis
Vocative	ἑλέπολῐ helépoli	ἑλεπόλει helepólei	ἑλεπόλεις helepóleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: helepolis

Further reading

• “ἑλέπολις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἑλέπολις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑλέπολις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)