Μεγαλοπολίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Μεγᾰλόπολῐς (Megalópolis, “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 • (Megalopolī́tēs) 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 Megalopolī́tēs	τὼ Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ Megalopolī́tā	οἱ Μεγᾰλοπολῖται hoi Megalopolîtai
Genitive	τοῦ Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́του toû Megalopolī́tou	τοῖν Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́ταιν toîn Megalopolī́tain	τῶν Μεγᾰλοπολῑτῶν tôn Megalopolītôn
Dative	τῷ Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́τῃ tôi Megalopolī́tēi	τοῖν Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́ταιν toîn Megalopolī́tain	τοῖς Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́ταις toîs Megalopolī́tais
Accusative	τὸν Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́την tòn Megalopolī́tēn	τὼ Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ Megalopolī́tā	τοὺς Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́τᾱς toùs Megalopolī́tās
Vocative	Μεγᾰλοπολῖτᾰ Megalopolîta	Μεγᾰλοπολῑ́τᾱ Megalopolī́tā	Μεγᾰλοπολῖται Megalopolîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Μεγᾰλοπολῑτῐκός (Megalopolītikós)

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