ΚΑΤΩΠΟΛΕΙ, κατωπολει
KATŌPOLEI, katōpolei
Sounds Like: kah-TOH-po-lee
Translations: to the lower city, in the lower city, to a lower city, in a lower city
From the root: ΚΑΤΩΠΟΛΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the 'lower city' or 'lower town' of a place, often in contrast to an 'upper city' or acropolis. It is used here in the dative case, indicating direction 'to' or location 'in' the lower city.
Inflection: Singular, Dative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 6:29
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΩΠΟΛΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΤΩΠΟΛΕΩΣ — of the lower city, of the lower part of the city
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