Νικόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Νῑκόπολῐς • (Nīkópolĭs) f (genitive Νῑκοπόλεως); third declension

  1. (historical) Nicopolis (a city in the Roman Empire), the modern Preveza.

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Νῑκόπολῐς; τῆς Νῑκοπόλεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Νῑκόπολῐς
hē Nīkópolĭs
Genitive τῆς Νῑκοπόλεως
tês Nīkopóleōs
Dative τῇ Νῑκοπόλει
tēî Nīkopólei
Accusative τὴν Νῑκόπολῐν
tḕn Nīkópolĭn
Vocative Νῑκόπολῐ
Nīkópolĭ
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Νικοπολίτης (Nikopolítēs)

Descendants

  • → Bulgarian: Никопол (Nikopol)
  • → Greek: Νικόπολη (Nikópoli)
  • → Latin: Nicopolis
  • → Ottoman Turkish: نیگبولی (Niğbolu)
  • → Turkish: Nikopolis

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