Δικαιόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δίκαιος (díkaios, “righteous”) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.kai̯.ó.po.lis/ → /ði.cɛˈo.po.lis/ → /ði.ceˈo.po.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.kai̯.ó.po.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.kɛˈo.po.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.cɛˈo.po.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.ceˈo.po.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.ceˈo.po.lis/

Proper noun

Δῐκαιόπολῐς • (Dĭkaiópolĭs) f (genitive Δῐκαιοπόλεως); third declension

1. Dicaeopolis, name of cities

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Δῐκαιόπολῐς; τῆς Δῐκαιοπόλεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Δῐκαιόπολῐς hē Dĭkaiópolĭs	τὼ Δῐκαιοπόλει tṑ Dĭkaiopólei	αἱ Δῐκαιοπόλεις hai Dĭkaiopóleis
Genitive	τῆς Δῐκαιοπόλεως tês Dĭkaiopóleōs	τοῖν Δῐκαιοπολέοιν toîn Dĭkaiopoléoin	τῶν Δῐκαιοπόλεων tôn Dĭkaiopóleōn
Dative	τῇ Δῐκαιοπόλει têi Dĭkaiopólei	τοῖν Δῐκαιοπολέοιν toîn Dĭkaiopoléoin	ταῖς Δῐκαιοπόλεσῐ / Δῐκαιοπόλεσῐν taîs Dĭkaiopólesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν Δῐκαιόπολῐν tḕn Dĭkaiópolĭn	τὼ Δῐκαιοπόλει tṑ Dĭkaiopólei	τᾱ̀ς Δῐκαιοπόλεις tā̀s Dĭkaiopóleis
Vocative	Δῐκαιόπολῐ Dĭkaiópolĭ	Δῐκαιοπόλει Dĭkaiopólei	Δῐκαιοπόλεις Dĭkaiopóleis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Dicaeopolis
  • → German: Dikäopolis
  • → Spanish: Diceópolis
  • → French: Dicéopolis
  • → Italian: Diceopoli

Proper noun

Δῐκαιόπολῐς • (Dĭkaiópolĭs) m (genitive Δῐκαιοπόλῐδος); third declension

1. Dicaeopolis, name of persona at comedy The Acharnians by Aristophanes

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Δῐκαιόπολῐς; τοῦ Δῐκαιοπόλῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Δῐκαιόπολῐς ho Dĭkaiópolĭs
Genitive	τοῦ Δῐκαιοπόλῐδος toû Dĭkaiopólĭdos
Dative	τῷ Δῐκαιοπόλῐδῐ tôi Dĭkaiopólĭdĭ
Accusative	τὸν Δῐκαιοπόλῐδᾰ tòn Dĭkaiopólĭdă
Vocative	Δῐκαιόπολῐ Dĭkaiópolĭ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References

• Δικαιόπολις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Δικαιόπολις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)