μητροπολίτης
Appearance
See also: Μητροπολίτης
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From μητρόπολις (mētrópolis) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.tro.po.lǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝.tro.poˈli.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.tro.poˈli.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.tro.poˈli.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.tro.poˈli.tis/
Noun
[edit]μητροπολῑ́της • (mētropolī́tēs) m (genitive μητροπολῑ́του); first declension.
- metropolitan (inhabitant of a metropolis)
- (Christianity) metropolitan bishop
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μητροπολῑ́της ho mētropolī́tēs |
τὼ μητροπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ mētropolī́tā |
οἱ μητροπολῖται hoi mētropolîtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μητροπολῑ́του toû mētropolī́tou |
τοῖν μητροπολῑ́ταιν toîn mētropolī́tain |
τῶν μητροπολῑτῶν tôn mētropolītôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μητροπολῑ́τῃ tôi mētropolī́tēi |
τοῖν μητροπολῑ́ταιν toîn mētropolī́tain |
τοῖς μητροπολῑ́ταις toîs mētropolī́tais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μητροπολῑ́την tòn mētropolī́tēn |
τὼ μητροπολῑ́τᾱ tṑ mētropolī́tā |
τοὺς μητροπολῑ́τᾱς toùs mētropolī́tās | ||||||||||
Vocative | μητροπολῖτᾰ mētropolîta |
μητροπολῑ́τᾱ mētropolī́tā |
μητροπολῖται mētropolîtai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- Greek: μητροπολίτης (mitropolítis), Μητροπολίτης (Mitropolítis)
- → Esperanto: metropolito
- → Finnish: metropoliitta
- → Latin: mētropolīta
- → English: metropolite
- → French: métropolite
- → Italian: metropolita (learned)
- → Polish: metropolita
- →⇒ Latin: mētropolītānus (see there for further descendants)
- → Macedonian: митропо́лит (mitropólit)
- → Romanian: mitropolit
- → Russian: митрополи́т (mitropolít)
- → Ukrainian: митрополи́т (mytropolýt)
Further reading
[edit]- μητροπολίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “μητροπολίτης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “μητροπολίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
[edit]Noun
[edit]μητροπολίτης • (mitropolítis) m (plural μητροπολίτες)
- Alternative form of Μητροπολίτης (Mitropolítis) (usually spelt with a capital).
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | μητροπολίτης (mitropolítis) | μητροπολίτες (mitropolítes) |
genitive | μητροπολίτη (mitropolíti) | μητροπολιτών (mitropolitón) |
accusative | μητροπολίτη (mitropolíti) | μητροπολίτες (mitropolítes) |
vocative | μητροπολίτη (mitropolíti) | μητροπολίτες (mitropolítes) |
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