Callipolis

English

Etymology

From Latin Callipolis, from Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis, “City of Beauty”). Doublet of Kallipolis, Gallipoli, and Gelibolu.

Proper noun

Callipolis

1. Synonym of Kallipolis in its various senses.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.po.lis/, [kälˈlʲɪpɔlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kalˈli.po.lis/, [kälˈliːpolis]

Proper noun

Callipolis f sg (genitive Callipolis); third declension

1. A maritime city in Calabria, situated on the gulf of Tarentum, now Gallipoli
2. A city on the east coast of Sicily, situated near Naxos
3. A town in Thrace, opposite to Lampsacus
4. (philosophy) Kallipolis (utopian city state ruled by philosopher kings as theorised by Plato in the Republic)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Callipolis
genitive	Callipolis
dative	Callipolī
accusative	Callipolim Callipolin
ablative	Callipolī
vocative	Callipolis Callipolī
locative	Callipolī

Descendants

• Italian: Gallipoli
  • → English: Gallipoli
  • → Portuguese: Galípoli
• → English: Callipolis

References

• “Callipolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Callipolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Callipolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly