Δεκάπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δέκᾰ (dékă, “ten”) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Δεκᾰ́πολῐς • (Dekắpolĭs) f (genitive Δεκᾰπόλεως); third declension

  1. Decapolis, the ten city region in Syria and Judea.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Δεκᾰ́πολῐς; τῆς Δεκᾰπόλεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Δεκᾰ́πολῐς
hē Dekắpolĭs
Genitive τῆς Δεκᾰπόλεως
tês Dekăpóleōs
Dative τῇ Δεκᾰπόλει
tēî Dekăpólei
Accusative τὴν Δεκᾰ́πολῐν
tḕn Dekắpolĭn
Vocative Δεκᾰ́πολῐ
Dekắpolĭ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis); Δεκάπολη (Dekápoli)
  • Latin: Decapolis

References

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