Scythopolis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σκυθόπολις (Skuthópolis).

Proper noun

Scythopolis f sg (genitive Scythopolis); third declension

1. A city of the Decapolis situated west of the Jordan River

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Scythopolis
genitive	Scythopolis
dative	Scythopolī
accusative	Scythopolim Scythopolin
ablative	Scythopolī
vocative	Scythopolis Scythopolī
locative	Scythopolī

Related terms

• Scythopolītae

Descendants

• Russian: Скифополис (Skifopolis)

References

• Scythopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Scythopolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly