Callipolis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Callipolis, from Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis, “City of Beauty”). Doublet of Kallipolis, Gallipoli, and Gelibolu.
Proper noun edit
Callipolis
- Synonym of Kallipolis in its various senses.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kalˈli.po.lis/, [kälˈlʲɪpɔlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kalˈli.po.lis/, [kälˈliːpolis]
Proper noun edit
Callipolis f sg (genitive Callipolis); third declension
- A maritime city in Calabria, situated on the gulf of Tarentum, now Gallipoli
- A city on the east coast of Sicily, situated near Naxos
- A town in Thracia, opposite to Lampsacus
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Callipolis |
| Genitive | Callipolis |
| Dative | Callipolī |
| Accusative | Callipolim Callipolin |
| Ablative | Callipolī |
| Vocative | Callipolis Callipolī |
| Locative | Callipolī |
References edit
- “Callipolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Callipolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Callipolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly