Χρυσόπολις

Χρυσόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρυσός (khrusós, “golden”) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰryː.só.po.lis/ → /xryˈso.po.lis/ → /xriˈso.po.lis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰryː.só.po.lis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰryˈso.po.lis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xryˈso.po.lis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xryˈso.po.lis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xriˈso.po.lis/

Proper noun

Χρῡσόπολῐς • (Khrūsópolis) f (genitive Χρῡσοπόλεως); third declension

1. Chrysopolis; Üsküdar, Turkey

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Χρῡσόπολῐς; τῆς Χρῡσοπόλεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Χρῡσόπολῐς hē Khrūsópolis
Genitive	τῆς Χρῡσοπόλεως tês Khrūsopóleōs
Dative	τῇ Χρῡσοπόλει têi Khrūsopólei
Accusative	τὴν Χρῡσόπολῐν tḕn Khrūsópolin
Vocative	Χρῡσόπολῐ Khrūsópoli
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Χρυσοπολίτης (Khrusopolítēs)

Descendants

• English: Chrysopolis
• Greek: Χρυσόπολις (Chrysópolis); Χρυσόπολη (Chrysópoli)
• Latin: Chrysopolis

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006