ἑλέπολις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ἑλέπτολις (heléptolis)

Etymology

From ἕλε (héle) and πόλις (pólis, “taking/capturing cities”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἑλέπολις • (helépolis) f (genitive ἑλεπόλεως); third declension

  1. helepolis, an engine for sieges

Declension
Third declension of ἡ ἑλέπολῐς; τῆς ἑλεπόλεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἑλέπολῐς
hē helépolis		 τὼ ἑλεπόλει
tṑ helepólei		 αἱ ἑλεπόλεις
hai helepóleis
Genitive τῆς ἑλεπόλεως
tês helepóleōs		 τοῖν ἑλεπολέοιν
toîn helepoléoin		 τῶν ἑλεπόλεων
tôn helepóleōn
Dative τῇ ἑλεπόλει
têi helepólei		 τοῖν ἑλεπολέοιν
toîn helepoléoin		 ταῖς ἑλεπόλεσῐ / ἑλεπόλεσῐν
taîs helepólesi(n)
Accusative τὴν ἑλέπολῐν
tḕn helépolin		 τὼ ἑλεπόλει
tṑ helepólei		 τᾱ̀ς ἑλεπόλεις
tā̀s helepóleis
Vocative ἑλέπολῐ
helépoli		 ἑλεπόλει
helepólei		 ἑλεπόλεις
helepóleis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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