ἑλέπολις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἑλέπτολις (heléptolis)

Etymology

From ἑλε- (hele-, “to take, capture”, aorist stem of αἱρέω (hairéō)) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”): literally “taking or capturing cities”.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἑλέπολῐς • (helépolĭs) f (genitive ἑλεπόλεως); third declension

  1. helepolis, an engine for sieges

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἑλέπολῐς; τῆς ἑλεπόλεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἑλέπολῐς
hē helépolĭs 		τὼ ἑλεπόλει
tṑ helepólei 		αἱ ἑλεπόλεις
hai helepóleis
Genitive τῆς ἑλεπόλεως
tês helepóleōs 		τοῖν ἑλεπολέοιν
toîn helepoléoin 		τῶν ἑλεπόλεων
tôn helepóleōn
Dative τῇ ἑλεπόλει
tēî helepólei 		τοῖν ἑλεπολέοιν
toîn helepoléoin 		ταῖς ἑλεπόλεσῐ / ἑλεπόλεσῐν
taîs helepólesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἑλέπολῐν
tḕn helépolĭn 		τὼ ἑλεπόλει
tṑ helepólei 		τᾱ̀ς ἑλεπόλεις
tā̀s helepóleis
Vocative ἑλέπολῐ
helépolĭ 		ἑλεπόλει
helepólei 		ἑλεπόλεις
helepóleis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Latin: helepolis

Further reading

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