ἀκρόπολις
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- acropolis, high part of a city
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ἄκρος (highest, sharp, at the extremity, pointed, at the edge, topmost, high, extreme, edge, top, heights, outmost, tip, extremity, beginning, outermost, peak, uppermost) + Ancient Greek πόλις (city, city state, city-state, fortified town).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πόλις
Gloss
city, city state, city-state, fortified town
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
市
Emoji
🌆 🏙️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -polis English
- Indianapolis English
- acro- English
- acrogynous English
- acromion English
- acronym English
- acropolis English
- acrostatic English
- acrotrichium English
- policlinic English
- akropolis Finnish
- -polis Latin
- Acroceraunia Latin
- Acroceraunius Latin
- acro- Latin
- politia Latin
- Polis German
- -poli Italian
- acro- Italian
- acro- Dutch, Flemish
- acromion French
- acrophonie French
- acromion Spanish, Castilian
- polis Spanish, Castilian
- -ίτης Ancient Greek
- Δεκάπολις Ancient Greek
- Κωνσταντινούπολις Ancient Greek
- Νικόπολις Ancient Greek
- Τρίπολις Ancient Greek
- Χρυσόπολις Ancient Greek
- δίπολις Ancient Greek
- πολίζειν Ancient Greek
- πολίτης Ancient Greek
- πολιορκία Ancient Greek
- πόλις Ancient Greek
- πόλισμα Ancient Greek
- φαλακρός Ancient Greek
- ἀκρεμών Ancient Greek
- ἀκροβάτης Ancient Greek
- ἀκροκώλιον Ancient Greek
- ἀκροποσθία Ancient Greek
- ἀκρωμία Ancient Greek
- ἄκρος Ancient Greek
- Ἁδριανούπολις Ancient Greek
- ἑλέπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμόπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἰωνόπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἱεράπολις Ancient Greek
- ὦμος Ancient Greek
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂ḱrós Proto-Indo-European
- akro- Norwegian Bokmål
- Florianópolis Portuguese
- acrograma Portuguese
- akropol Polish
- akro- Norwegian Nynorsk
- acra- Irish
- Konstantinopel Danish
- poliklinika Czech
- polis Czech
- Κωνσταντινούπολις Greek (modern)
- άκρος Greek (modern)
- akromion Indonesian
- akropolis Indonesian
- ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ Coptic
- σεβαστός grc-koi
- σεβᾰστός grc-koi
- *ptólis Proto-Hellenic
- mini Dakota
- בולי Yevanic