Nicopolis

See also: Nicópolis

English

Etymology

From Latin Nīcopolis, from Ancient Greek Νικόπολις (Nikópolis).

Proper noun

Nicopolis

  1. The ancient capital of the province of Epirus Vetus of the Roman Empire, in modern Greece, just outside of Preveza.

Translations

French

Proper noun

Nicopolis f

  1. 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

  1. Any of various cities in the Roman world, especially:
    1. 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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