Akropolis

the Akropolis

1. Alternative spelling of Acropolis.
   • 1834 September, “Greece”, in The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine, 1834, part III, number 70, London: […] [F]or Henry Colburn by R[ichard] Bentley;  […], →OCLC, “Foreign Miscellany” section, page 80:

     The head-quarters of the other five squadrons of the latter corps are fixed at Argos. There are two companies of foot in Akrokorinth; a company of grenadiers, and one of pioneers in the Akropolis and Athens; […]

   • 1990, Philip Brook Manville, “Tyranny, Trials, and the Triumph of Kleisthenes”, in The Origins of Citizenship in Ancient Athens, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, published 1992 (2nd printing), →ISBN, page 167:

     Emblematic of the new public consciousness, the religious focus in the city shifted from the Akropolis to the civic space, the agora.

   • 2005, Alexandra Villing, “The Akropolis in the history of Athens”, in Classical Athens (A Place in History), London: The British Museum Press, →ISBN, section 1 (The Akropolis: citadel and sanctuary), page 9:

     From a sad memorial, the Akropolis was transformed into a splendid display of Athenian culture and power, a credit to the gods and the democratic city alike.

• Akropole

• IPA^(key): [ˈakropolɪs]

Akropolis f

1. Acropolis

• “Akropolis”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Akropolis”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκρόπολις (Akrópolis, “Acropolis”), from ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑkropolis/, [ˈɑ̝kro̞ˌpo̞lis̠]
• Rhymes: -olis
• Syllabification^(key): Ak‧ro‧po‧lis
• Hyphenation^(key): Ak‧ro‧po‧lis

Akropolis

1. the Acropolis (of Athens)

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκρόπολις (Akrópolis, “Acropolis”), from ἄκρος (ákros, “highest”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

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Akropolis f (proper noun, genitive Akropolis, plural Akropolen)

1. the Acropolis (of Athens)