Nicopolis
See also: Nicópolis
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNicopolis
- (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
editancient Preveza
French
editProper noun
editNicopolis f
- Nicopolis (ancient capital of the province of Epirus Vetus of the Roman Empire, in modern Greece)
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Νικόπολις (Nikópolis, “city of victory”).
Proper noun
editNīcopolis 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
editThird-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
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.
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