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noun · femininethird declension

mētropolis

mētropolis f (genitive mētropolis or mētropoleōs or mētropolios)
Classical[meːˈtrɔ.pɔ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[meˈtrɔː.po.lis]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinmetropolis

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativemētropolismētropolēs
mētropoleis
genitivemētropolis
mētropoleōs, mētropolios		mētropolium
dativemētropolīmētropolibus
accusativemētropolim
mētropolin, mētropolem		mētropolēs
mētropolīs
ablativemētropolī
mētropole		mētropolibus
vocativemētropolis
mētropoli		mētropolēs
mētropoleis

mētrŏpŏlis, is, f., = μητρόπολις,
I. a city from which other cities have been colonized, a mother-city; also, the chief city, metropolis of a province (post-class.).
I. Lit., Cod. Just. 11, 21; Cod. Th. 13, 3, 11.—
II. Trop.: metropolis et arx mentis, Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 8.
Mētrŏpŏlis, is, f., = Μητρόπολις,
I. the proper name of several cities, e. g. in Thessaly, between Pharsalus and Gomphi, Caes. B. C. 3, 80; Liv. 32, 13, 11.—Mētrŏ-pŏlītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Metropolis, Caes. B. C. 3, 81; cf. of others, Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 106; 5, 29, 31, § 120.

Origins

From Ancient Greek μητρόπολις (mētrópolis, “a mother city or state”), from μητρο- (mētro-, “mother-”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

Descendants
  • Catalanmetròpoli
  • Frenchmétropole
  • Italianmetropoli
  • Portuguesemetrópole
  • Spanishmetrópoli
  • Englishmetropolis
  • Englishmetropole
  • GermanMetropolis
  • Piedmontesemetròpol

Quick answers

What does mētropolis mean in Latin?
mētropolis, a noun, means “metropolis”.
What is the genitive of mētropolis?
The genitive singular is mētropolis. mētropolis is feminine, third declension.
How do you pronounce mētropolis?
In classical Latin, [meːˈtrɔ.pɔ.lɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [meˈtrɔː.po.lis].