Καλλίπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Καλλίπολῐς • (Kallípolĭs) f (genitive Καλλῐπόλεως); third declension

  1. Callipolis (an ancient town in Aetolia, Greece)
  2. Callipolis (an ancient town in Caria, Turkey)
  3. Callipolis (an ancient town in Mysia, Turkey)
  4. Callipolis (a peninsula in Thrace, Turkey)
  5. Callipolis (a port town in Apulia, Italy)
  6. Callipolis (a port town on the Hellespont, modern Gelibolu Turkey)
  7. (philosophy) Kallipolis (utopian city state ruled by philosopher kings as theorised by Plato in the Republic)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ Κᾰλλῐ́πολῐς; τῆς Κᾰλλῐπόλεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Κᾰλλῐ́πολῐς
hē Kăllĭ́polĭs
Genitive τῆς Κᾰλλῐπόλεως
tês Kăllĭpóleōs
Dative τῇ Κᾰλλῐπόλει
tēî Kăllĭpólei
Accusative τὴν Κᾰλλῐ́πολῐν
tḕn Kăllĭ́polĭn
Vocative Κᾰλλῐ́πολῐ
Kăllĭ́polĭ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: Kallipolis
  • → Latin: Callipolis
  • → Ottoman Turkish: گلیبولی (Gelibolu)
    • Turkish: Gelibolu
    • → Armenian: Կէլիպօլու (Kēlipōlu)

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