ἀκρόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄκρος (ákros) +‎ πόλις (pólis).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ᾰ̓κρόπολῐς • (ăkrópolĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓κροπόλεως); third declension

  1. acropolis, high part of a city

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀκρόπολῐς; τῆς ἀκροπόλεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀκρόπολῐς
hē akrópolĭs 		τὼ ἀκροπόλει
tṑ akropólei 		αἱ ἀκροπόλεις
hai akropóleis
Genitive τῆς ἀκροπόλεως
tês akropóleōs 		τοῖν ἀκροπολέοιν
toîn akropoléoin 		τῶν ἀκροπόλεων
tôn akropóleōn
Dative τῇ ἀκροπόλει
tēî akropólei 		τοῖν ἀκροπολέοιν
toîn akropoléoin 		ταῖς ἀκροπόλεσῐ / ἀκροπόλεσῐν
taîs akropólesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἀκρόπολῐν
tḕn akrópolĭn 		τὼ ἀκροπόλει
tṑ akropólei 		τᾱ̀ς ἀκροπόλεις
tā̀s akropóleis
Vocative ἀκρόπολῐ
akrópolĭ 		ἀκροπόλει
akropólei 		ἀκροπόλεις
akropóleis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: ακρόπολη (akrópoli)
  • → French: acropole

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