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Philippopolis

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Φιλιππόπολις (Philippópolis).

Proper noun

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Philippopolis f sg (genitive Philippopolis); third declension

  1. A city of Thrace, now Plovdiv; historical capital of the Roman province of Thracia

Declension

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

singular
nominative Philippopolis
genitive Philippopolis
dative Philippopolī
accusative Philippopolim
Philippopolin
ablative Philippopolī
vocative Philippopolis
Philippopolī
locative Philippopolī

References

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