Δεκαπολίτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Δεκᾰ́πολῐς (Dekắpolĭs, “Decapolis”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /de.ka.po.lǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /de.ka.poˈli.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðe.ka.poˈli.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðe.ka.poˈli.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðe.ka.poˈli.tis/
Noun
Δεκᾰπολῑ́της • (Dekăpolī́tēs) m (genitive Δεκᾰπολῑ́του); first declension
- an inhabitant of the Decapolis; a Decapolitan
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Δεκᾰπολῑ́της ho Dekăpolī́tēs |
τὼ Δεκᾰπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ Dekăpolī́tā |
οἱ Δεκᾰπολῖται hoi Dekăpolîtai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Δεκᾰπολῑ́του toû Dekăpolī́tou |
τοῖν Δεκᾰπολῑ́ταιν toîn Dekăpolī́tain |
τῶν Δεκᾰπολῑτῶν tôn Dekăpolītôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Δεκᾰπολῑ́τῃ tōî Dekăpolī́tēi |
τοῖν Δεκᾰπολῑ́ταιν toîn Dekăpolī́tain |
τοῖς Δεκᾰπολῑ́ταις toîs Dekăpolī́tais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Δεκᾰπολῑ́την tòn Dekăpolī́tēn |
τὼ Δεκᾰπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ Dekăpolī́tā |
τοὺς Δεκᾰπολῑ́τᾱς toùs Dekăpolī́tās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Δεκᾰπολῖτᾰ Dekăpolîtă |
Δεκᾰπολῑ́τᾱ Dekăpolī́tā |
Δεκᾰπολῖται Dekăpolîtai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: Decapolitan
- Greek: Δεκαπολίτης (Dekapolítis)
- Latin: Decapolītēs