Callipolis

English

Proper noun

Callipolis

  1. (philosophy) Alternative spelling of Kallipolis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kalˈli.po.lis/, [kälˈlʲɪpɔlʲɪs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kalˈli.po.lis/, [kälˈliːpolis]

Proper noun

Callipolis f sg (genitive Callipolis); third declension

  1. A maritime city in Calabria, situated on the gulf of Tarentum, now Gallipoli
  2. A city on the east coast of Sicily, situated near Naxos
  3. A town in Thracia, opposite to Lampsacus

Declension

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

Case Singular
Nominative Callipolis
Genitive Callipolis
Dative Callipolī
Accusative Callipolim
Callipolin
Ablative Callipolī
Vocative Callipolis
Callipolī
Locative Callipolī

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