Μεγαλοπολίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μεγᾰλόπολῐς (Megălópolĭs, “Megalopolis”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ɡa.lo.po.lǐː.tɛːs/ → /me.ɣa.lo.poˈli.tis/ → /me.ɣa.lo.poˈli.tis/

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

Noun

Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́της • (Megălopolī́tēs) m (genitive Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́του); first declension

1. an inhabitant of Megalopolis; a megalopolitan

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́της; τοῦ Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́της ho Megălopolī́tēs	τὼ Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ Megălopolī́tā	οἱ Μεγᾰλοπολῖται hoi Megălopolîtai
Genitive	τοῦ Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́του toû Megălopolī́tou	τοῖν Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́ταιν toîn Megălopolī́tain	τῶν Μεγᾰλοπολῑτῶν tôn Megălopolītôn
Dative	τῷ Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́τῃ tôi Megălopolī́tēi	τοῖν Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́ταιν toîn Megălopolī́tain	τοῖς Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́ταις toîs Megălopolī́tais
Accusative	τὸν Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́την tòn Megălopolī́tēn	τὼ Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ Megălopolī́tā	τοὺς Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́τᾱς toùs Megălopolī́tās
Vocative	Μεγᾰλοπολῖτᾰ Megălopolîtă	Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́τᾱ Megălopolī́tā	Μεγᾰλοπολῖται Megălopolîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Μεγᾰλοπολῑτῐκός (Megălopolītĭkós)

Descendants

• English: megalopolitan
• Greek: Μεγαλοπολίτης (Megalopolítis)
• Latin: Megalopolītēs

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,016