νεκρόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) +‎ πόλῐς (pólĭs, “city state, city”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νεκρόπολῐς • (nekrópolĭs) f (genitive νεκροπόλεως); third declension

  1. city of the dead (suburb of the ancient city of Alexandria)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ νεκρόπολῐς; τῆς νεκροπόλεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ νεκρόπολῐς
hē nekrópolĭs 		τὼ νεκροπόλει
tṑ nekropólei 		αἱ νεκροπόλεις
hai nekropóleis
Genitive τῆς νεκροπόλεως
tês nekropóleōs 		τοῖν νεκροπολέοιν
toîn nekropoléoin 		τῶν νεκροπόλεων
tôn nekropóleōn
Dative τῇ νεκροπόλει
tēî nekropólei 		τοῖν νεκροπολέοιν
toîn nekropoléoin 		ταῖς νεκροπόλεσῐ / νεκροπόλεσῐν
taîs nekropólesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν νεκρόπολῐν
tḕn nekrópolĭn 		τὼ νεκροπόλει
tṑ nekropólei 		τᾱ̀ς νεκροπόλεις
tā̀s nekropóleis
Vocative νεκρόπολῐ
nekrópolĭ 		νεκροπόλει
nekropólei 		νεκροπόλεις
nekropóleis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Armenian: մեռելաքաղաք (meṙelakʻaġakʻ) (calque)
  • → English: necropolis
  • → French: nécropole
  • Greek: νεκρόπολη (nekrópoli)

References

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