πρόπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From προ- (pro-, “fore-”) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πρόπολις • (própolis) f (genitive προπόλεως); third declension

  1. synonym of προάστιον (proástion, “suburb”)
  2. bee glue, propolis

Declension

Third declension of ἡ πρόπολῐς; τῆς προπόλεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πρόπολῐς
hē própolĭs 		τὼ προπόλει
tṑ propólei 		αἱ προπόλεις
hai propóleis
Genitive τῆς προπόλεως
tês propóleōs 		τοῖν προπολέοιν
toîn propoléoin 		τῶν προπόλεων
tôn propóleōn
Dative τῇ προπόλει
tēî propólei 		τοῖν προπολέοιν
toîn propoléoin 		ταῖς προπόλεσῐ / προπόλεσῐν
taîs propólesĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν πρόπολῐν
tḕn própolĭn 		τὼ προπόλει
tṑ propólei 		τᾱ̀ς προπόλεις
tā̀s propóleis
Vocative πρόπολῐ
própolĭ 		προπόλει
propólei 		προπόλεις
propóleis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: propolis (see there for further descendants)
  • → Russian: пропо́лис (propólis)
  • → Turkish: propolis

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