πόλη

See also: Πόλη

Greek

Etymology

Learnedly,[1] from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis), from Proto-Hellenic *ptólis, from Proto-Indo-European *tpólHis, from *tpelH-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoli/
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Noun

πόλη • (pólif (plural πόλεις)

  1. town, city
  2. townspeople

Declension

Declension of πόλη
singular plural
nominative πόλη (póli) πόλεις (póleis)
genitive πόλης (pólis) πόλεων (póleon)
accusative πόλη (póli) πόλεις (póleis)
vocative πόλη (póli) πόλεις (póleis)

Also, older or formal genitive singular: πόλεως (póleos)

Synonyms

See also

References

  1. ^ πόλη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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