"μητρόπολις" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /mɛː.tró.po.lis/, /miˈtro.po.lis/, /miˈtro.po.lis/, /mɛː.tró.po.lis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /me̝ˈtro.po.lis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /miˈtro.po.lis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /miˈtro.po.lis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /miˈtro.po.lis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city state, city”). Etymology templates: {{affix|grc|μήτηρ|πόλῐς|t1=mother|t2=city state, city}} μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city state, city”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|μητροπόλεως|f|third|head=μητρόπολῐς}} μητρόπολῐς • (mētrópolis) f (genitive μητροπόλεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|μητρόπολῐς|μητροπόλεως|form=F}} Forms: μητρόπολῐς [canonical], mētrópolis [romanization], μητροπόλεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ μητρόπολῐς [nominative, singular], τὼ μητροπόλει [dual, nominative], αἱ μητροπόλεις [nominative, plural], τῆς μητροπόλεως [genitive, singular], τοῖν μητροπολέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν μητροπόλεων [genitive, plural], τῇ μητροπόλει [dative, singular], τοῖν μητροπολέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς μητροπόλεσῐ [dative, plural], μητροπόλεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs mētropólesi [dative, plural], taîs mētropólesin [dative, plural], τὴν μητρόπολῐν [accusative, singular], τὼ μητροπόλει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς μητροπόλεις [accusative, plural], μητρόπολῐ [singular, vocative], μητροπόλει [dual, vocative], μητροπόλεις [plural, vocative]
  1. mother-state (in relation to her colonies)
    Sense id: en-μητρόπολις-grc-noun-lLR74CSL
  2. one's mother-city, mother country, home
    Sense id: en-μητρόπολις-grc-noun-j3YTA9iz Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 8 71 11 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 11 35 27 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 84 6 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 82 5 5
  3. capital city
    Sense id: en-μητρόπολις-grc-noun-NuofxvEr
  4. capital city
    (in Egypt) chief town of a district or νομός (nomós)
    Sense id: en-μητρόπολις-grc-noun-QTsjM2RP

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "μητρόπολη"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: μητρόπολη (mitrópoli)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: μητρόπολη (mitrópoli)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "metropolis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: metropolis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: metropolis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "metropolis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: metropolis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: metropolis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "métropole",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: métropole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: métropole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "metropoli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: metropoli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: metropoli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "metrópoli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: metrópoli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: metrópoli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "metrópole",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: metrópole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: metrópole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Metropole",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Metropole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Metropole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "metropool",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: metropool",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: metropool"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "metropol",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: metropol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: metropol"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μήτηρ",
        "3": "πόλῐς",
        "t1": "mother",
        "t2": "city state, city"
      },
      "expansion": "μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city state, city”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city state, city”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "μητρόπολῐς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mētrópolis",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητροπόλεως",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μητρόπολῐς",
      "roman": "hē mētrópolis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μητροπόλει",
      "roman": "tṑ mētropólei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ μητροπόλεις",
      "roman": "hai mētropóleis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μητροπόλεως",
      "roman": "tês mētropóleōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μητροπολέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mētropoléoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μητροπόλεων",
      "roman": "tôn mētropóleōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μητροπόλει",
      "roman": "têi mētropólei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μητροπολέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mētropoléoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μητροπόλεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητροπόλεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs mētropólesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs mētropólesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μητρόπολῐν",
      "roman": "tḕn mētrópolin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μητροπόλει",
      "roman": "tṑ mētropólei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μητροπόλεις",
      "roman": "tā̀s mētropóleis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρόπολῐ",
      "roman": "mētrópoli",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητροπόλει",
      "roman": "mētropólei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητροπόλεις",
      "roman": "mētropóleis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μητροπόλεως",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "μητρόπολῐς"
      },
      "expansion": "μητρόπολῐς • (mētrópolis) f (genitive μητροπόλεως); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μητρόπολῐς",
        "2": "μητροπόλεως",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mother-state (in relation to her colonies)"
      ],
      "id": "en-μητρόπολις-grc-noun-lLR74CSL",
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 71 11 11",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 35 27 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 84 6 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 82 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "one's mother-city, mother country, home"
      ],
      "id": "en-μητρόπολις-grc-noun-j3YTA9iz",
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "mother country",
          "mother country"
        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "capital city"
      ],
      "id": "en-μητρόπολις-grc-noun-NuofxvEr",
      "links": [
        [
          "capital city",
          "capital city"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "capital city",
        "chief town of a district or νομός (nomós)"
      ],
      "id": "en-μητρόπολις-grc-noun-QTsjM2RP",
      "links": [
        [
          "capital city",
          "capital city"
        ],
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "district",
          "district"
        ],
        [
          "νομός",
          "νομός#Ancient_Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "capital city",
        "(in Egypt) chief town of a district or νομός (nomós)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Egypt"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.tró.po.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈtro.po.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈtro.po.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.tró.po.lis/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me̝ˈtro.po.lis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈtro.po.lis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈtro.po.lis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈtro.po.lis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μητρόπολις"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 4-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek compound terms",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "μητρόπολη"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: μητρόπολη (mitrópoli)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: μητρόπολη (mitrópoli)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "metropolis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: metropolis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: metropolis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "metropolis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: metropolis",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: metropolis"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "métropole",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: métropole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: métropole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "metropoli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: metropoli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: metropoli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "metrópoli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: metrópoli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: metrópoli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "metrópole",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: metrópole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: metrópole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Metropole",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Metropole",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Metropole"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "metropool",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: metropool",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: metropool"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "no",
            "2": "metropol",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian: metropol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian: metropol"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "μήτηρ",
        "3": "πόλῐς",
        "t1": "mother",
        "t2": "city state, city"
      },
      "expansion": "μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city state, city”)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From μήτηρ (mḗtēr, “mother”) + πόλῐς (pólis, “city state, city”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "μητρόπολῐς",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mētrópolis",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητροπόλεως",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ μητρόπολῐς",
      "roman": "hē mētrópolis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μητροπόλει",
      "roman": "tṑ mētropólei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ μητροπόλεις",
      "roman": "hai mētropóleis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς μητροπόλεως",
      "roman": "tês mētropóleōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μητροπολέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mētropoléoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν μητροπόλεων",
      "roman": "tôn mētropóleōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ μητροπόλει",
      "roman": "têi mētropólei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν μητροπολέοιν",
      "roman": "toîn mētropoléoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς μητροπόλεσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητροπόλεσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs mētropólesi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs mētropólesin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν μητρόπολῐν",
      "roman": "tḕn mētrópolin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ μητροπόλει",
      "roman": "tṑ mētropólei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς μητροπόλεις",
      "roman": "tā̀s mētropóleis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητρόπολῐ",
      "roman": "mētrópoli",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητροπόλει",
      "roman": "mētropólei",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "μητροπόλεις",
      "roman": "mētropóleis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μητροπόλεως",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "μητρόπολῐς"
      },
      "expansion": "μητρόπολῐς • (mētrópolis) f (genitive μητροπόλεως); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "μητρόπολῐς",
        "2": "μητροπόλεως",
        "form": "F"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "mother-state (in relation to her colonies)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "one's mother-city, mother country, home"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "mother country",
          "mother country"
        ],
        [
          "home",
          "home"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "capital city"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capital city",
          "capital city"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "capital city",
        "chief town of a district or νομός (nomós)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "capital city",
          "capital city"
        ],
        [
          "town",
          "town"
        ],
        [
          "district",
          "district"
        ],
        [
          "νομός",
          "νομός#Ancient_Greek"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "capital city",
        "(in Egypt) chief town of a district or νομός (nomós)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in Egypt"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.tró.po.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈtro.po.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈtro.po.lis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɛː.tró.po.lis/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/me̝ˈtro.po.lis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈtro.po.lis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈtro.po.lis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/miˈtro.po.lis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "μητρόπολις"
}

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