"ἑλέπολις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἑλέπολις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /he.lé.po.lis/, /eˈle.po.lis/, /eˈle.po.lis/, /he.lé.po.lis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /(h)eˈle.po.lis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /eˈle.po.lis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /eˈle.po.lis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /eˈle.po.lis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From ἑλε- (hele-, “to take, capture”, aorist stem of αἱρέω (hairéō)) + πόλις (pólis, “city”): literally “taking or capturing cities”. Etymology templates: {{affix|grc|εἷλον|πόλις|alt1=ἑλε-|pos1=aorist stem of <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">αἱρέω</i> (hairéō)|t1=to take, capture|t2=city}} ἑλε- (hele-, “to take, capture”, aorist stem of αἱρέω (hairéō)) + πόλις (pólis, “city”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἑλέπολῐς|ἑλεπόλεως|f|third}} ἑλέπολῐς • (helépolis) f (genitive ἑλεπόλεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἑλέπολῐς|εως|form=F}} Forms: ἑλέπολῐς [canonical], helépolis [romanization], ἑλεπόλεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ ἑλέπολῐς [nominative, singular], τὼ ἑλεπόλει [dual, nominative], αἱ ἑλεπόλεις [nominative, plural], τῆς ἑλεπόλεως [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἑλεπολέοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἑλεπόλεων [genitive, plural], τῇ ἑλεπόλει [dative, singular], τοῖν ἑλεπολέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἑλεπόλεσῐ [dative, plural], ἑλεπόλεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs helepólesi [dative, plural], taîs helepólesin [dative, plural], τὴν ἑλέπολῐν [accusative, singular], τὼ ἑλεπόλει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἑλεπόλεις [accusative, plural], ἑλέπολῐ [singular, vocative], ἑλεπόλει [dual, vocative], ἑλεπόλεις [plural, vocative]
  1. helepolis, an engine for sieges Synonyms: ἑλέπτολις (heléptolis)
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