μητρόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) +‎ πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city state, city”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μητρόπολῐς • (mētrópolĭs) f (genitive μητροπόλεως); third declension

  1. mother-state (in relation to her colonies)
  2. one's mother-city, mother country, home
  3. capital city
    1. (in Egypt) chief town of a district or νομός (nomós)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ μητρόπολῐς; τῆς μητροπόλεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ μητρόπολῐς
hē mētrópolĭs 		τὼ μητροπόλει
tṑ mētropólei 		αἱ μητροπόλεις
hai mētropóleis
Genitive τῆς μητροπόλεως
tês mētropóleōs 		τοῖν μητροπολέοιν
toîn mētropoléoin 		τῶν μητροπόλεων
tôn mētropóleōn
Dative τῇ μητροπόλει
tēî mētropólei 		τοῖν μητροπολέοιν
toîn mētropoléoin 		ταῖς μητροπόλεσῐ / μητροπόλεσῐν
taîs mētropólesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν μητρόπολῐν
tḕn mētrópolĭn 		τὼ μητροπόλει
tṑ mētropólei 		τᾱ̀ς μητροπόλεις
tā̀s mētropóleis
Vocative μητρόπολῐ
mētrópolĭ 		μητροπόλει
mētropólei 		μητροπόλεις
mētropóleis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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