proper noun · femininethird declension
Hadriānopolis
Hadriānopolis f sg (genitive Hadriānopolis)
Classical[ha.dri.aːˈnɔ.pɔ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[a.dri.aˈnɔː.po.lis]
Meaning
- Edirne or (historical) Adrianople, a town of central Thrace at the confluence of the Tonsus and Hebrus rivers.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hadriānopolis | — |
| genitive | Hadriānopolis Adriānopoleos, Adriānopolios | — |
| dative | Hadriānopolī Adriānopolī | — |
| accusative | Hadriānopolim Hadriānopolin, Adriānopolim, Adriānopolin | — |
| ablative | Hadriānopolī Adriānopolī | — |
| vocative | Hadriānopolis Hadriānopolī, Adriānopolī | — |
| locative | Hadriānopolī Adriānopolī | — |
Origins
From Ancient Greek Ἁδριανούπολις (Hadrianoúpolis, “city of Hadrian”), equivalent to Hadriānus (“Hadrian”) + -polis.
Descendants
- EnglishAdrianople
- EnglishAdrianopolis
- FrenchAndrinople
- ItalianAdrianopoli
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyHadrianopolisHadrianopolis (Ἁδριανούπολις). 1. (Adrianople or Edrene), the most important of the many towns founded by the emperor Hadrian, was situated in Thrace,…GeographyHadrianopolisHadrianopolis (Αδσιανούπολις), a town of Illyricum, founded by Hadrian, and situated on the road from Apollonia to Nicopolis, about midway between tho…