Δεκαπολίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Δεκᾰ́πολῐς (Dekắpolĭs, “Decapolis”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /de.ka.po.lǐː.tɛːs/ → /ðe.ka.poˈli.tis/ → /ðe.ka.poˈli.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /de.ka.po.lǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /de.ka.poˈli.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðe.ka.poˈli.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðe.ka.poˈli.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðe.ka.poˈli.tis/

Noun

Δεκᾰπολῑ́της • (Dekăpolī́tēs) m (genitive Δεκᾰπολῑ́του); first declension

1. an inhabitant of the Decapolis; a Decapolitan

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Δεκᾰπολῑ́της; τοῦ Δεκᾰπολῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Δεκᾰπολῑ́της ho Dekăpolī́tēs	τὼ Δεκᾰπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ Dekăpolī́tā	οἱ Δεκᾰπολῖται hoi Dekăpolîtai
Genitive	τοῦ Δεκᾰπολῑ́του toû Dekăpolī́tou	τοῖν Δεκᾰπολῑ́ταιν toîn Dekăpolī́tain	τῶν Δεκᾰπολῑτῶν tôn Dekăpolītôn
Dative	τῷ Δεκᾰπολῑ́τῃ tôi Dekăpolī́tēi	τοῖν Δεκᾰπολῑ́ταιν toîn Dekăpolī́tain	τοῖς Δεκᾰπολῑ́ταις toîs Dekăpolī́tais
Accusative	τὸν Δεκᾰπολῑ́την tòn Dekăpolī́tēn	τὼ Δεκᾰπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ Dekăpolī́tā	τοὺς Δεκᾰπολῑ́τᾱς toùs Dekăpolī́tās
Vocative	Δεκᾰπολῖτᾰ Dekăpolîtă	Δεκᾰπολῑ́τᾱ Dekăpolī́tā	Δεκᾰπολῖται Dekăpolîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Decapolitan
• Greek: Δεκαπολίτης (Dekapolítis)
• Latin: Decapolītēs