Νικόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Νῑκόπολῐς • (Nīkópolis) f (genitive Νῑκοπόλεως); third declension

  1. Nicopolis or Nikopolis, the name of numerous cities of the Roman Empire.

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Νῑκόπολῐς; τῆς Νῑκοπόλεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Νῑκόπολῐς
hē Nīkópolis
Genitive τῆς Νῑκοπόλεως
tês Nīkopóleōs
Dative τῇ Νῑκοπόλει
têi Nīkopólei
Accusative τὴν Νῑκόπολῐν
tḕn Nīkópolin
Vocative Νῑκόπολῐ
Nīkópoli
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Νικοπολίτης (Nikopolítēs)

Descendants
  • Bulgarian: Никопол (Nikopol)
  • Greek: Νικόπολη (Nikópoli)
  • Latin: Nicopolis

Further reading
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