Δεκαπολίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Δεκᾰ́πολῐς (Dekápolis, “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 • (Dekapolī́tēs) 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 Dekapolī́tēs	τὼ Δεκᾰπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ Dekapolī́tā	οἱ Δεκᾰπολῖται hoi Dekapolîtai
Genitive	τοῦ Δεκᾰπολῑ́του toû Dekapolī́tou	τοῖν Δεκᾰπολῑ́ταιν toîn Dekapolī́tain	τῶν Δεκᾰπολῑτῶν tôn Dekapolītôn
Dative	τῷ Δεκᾰπολῑ́τῃ tôi Dekapolī́tēi	τοῖν Δεκᾰπολῑ́ταιν toîn Dekapolī́tain	τοῖς Δεκᾰπολῑ́ταις toîs Dekapolī́tais
Accusative	τὸν Δεκᾰπολῑ́την tòn Dekapolī́tēn	τὼ Δεκᾰπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ Dekapolī́tā	τοὺς Δεκᾰπολῑ́τᾱς toùs Dekapolī́tās
Vocative	Δεκᾰπολῖτᾰ Dekapolîta	Δεκᾰπολῑ́τᾱ Dekapolī́tā	Δεκᾰπολῖται Dekapolîtai
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