ἈΚΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ, ἀκροπολις
AKROPOLIS, akropolis
Sounds Like: ah-KRO-po-lis
Translations: acropolis, a citadel, a fortress
From the root: ἈΚΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'ἄκρος' (highest, outermost) and 'πόλις' (city). It refers to the highest part of a city, often fortified, serving as a citadel or fortress. It was typically built on elevated ground for defensive purposes and often contained important public buildings or temples.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G20 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 11:403
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΚΡΟΠΟΛΙΣ.
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.
- ἈΚΡΟΠΟΛΕΙ — to an acropolis, in an acropolis, on an acropolis, an acropolis, acropolis
- ἈΚΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ — of the acropolis, of an acropolis, of the citadel, of a citadel
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