ΔΙΟΣΠΟΛΙΝ, διοσπολιν
DIOSPOLIN, diospolin
Sounds Like: dee-os-PO-lin
Translations: Diospolis, to Diospolis
From the root: ΔΙΟΣΠΟΛΙΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is a proper noun referring to a city. The name 'Diospolis' means 'City of Zeus'. It was a common name for several cities in the ancient world, most notably Thebes in Egypt (also known as Diospolis Magna) and Lydda in Palestine (also known as Diospolis Parva). This word is a compound word, combining 'ΔΙΟΣ' (DIOS), meaning 'of Zeus', and 'ΠΟΛΙΣ' (POLIS), meaning 'city'.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 5:111
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 20:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΟΣΠΟΛΙΣ.
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.
- ΔΙΟΣΠΟΛΕΙ — (to) Diospolis, (to) Thebes
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