Neapolis

See also: Néapolis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα (néa, “new”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”). Varro states in De Lingua Latina that it was previously called "Novapolis".

Proper noun

Neāpolis f sg (genitive Neāpolis or Neāpoleos or Neāpolios); third declension

  1. Naples, Italy
  2. Various other cities in the Hellenistic world, including modern Nabeul, Tunisia, and Nablus, Palestine.

Declension

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

Case Singular
Nominative Neāpolis
Genitive Neāpolis
Neāpoleos
Neāpolios
Dative Neāpolī
Accusative Neāpolim
Neāpolin
Ablative Neāpolī
Vocative Neāpolis
Neāpolī
Locative Neāpolī

The genitive forms beside Neāpolis are influenced by the Greek and only used postclassically.

Quotations
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Neapolis.

Descendants

References
  • “Neapolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Neapolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Latin Neapolis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis).

Proper noun

Neapolis m

  1. Naples (a city in Italy)
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