Nicopolis
See also: Nicópolis
English
    
    Etymology
    
From Latin Nīcopolis, from Ancient Greek Νικόπολις (Nikópolis).
Proper noun
    
Nicopolis
- The ancient capital of the province of Epirus Vetus of the Roman Empire, in modern Greece, just outside of Preveza.
 
French
    
    Proper noun
    
Nicopolis f
- Nicopolis (ancient capital of the province of Epirus Vetus of the Roman Empire, in modern Greece)
 
Latin
    
    Etymology
    
From Ancient Greek Νικόπολις (Nikópolis, “city of victory”).
Proper noun
    
Nīcopolis f sg (genitive Nīcopolis or Nīcopolios); third declension
- Any of various cities in the Roman world, especially:
- Nicopolis (ancient capital of the province of Epirus Vetus of the Roman Empire, in modern Greece)
 
 
Declension
    
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular | 
|---|---|
| Nominative | Nīcopolis | 
| Genitive | Nīcopolis Nīcopolios  | 
| Dative | Nīcopolī | 
| Accusative | Nīcopolim Nīcopolin  | 
| Ablative | Nīcopolī | 
| Vocative | Nīcopolis Nīcopolī  | 
| Locative | Nīcopolī | 
References
    
- “Nicopolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
 - Nicopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
 
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