proper noun · femininethird declension
Neāpolis
Neāpolis f sg (genitive Neāpolis or Neāpoleos or Neāpolios)
Meaning
- Naples (a port city in southwestern Italy)
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Neapolis.
- Simferopol (the capital of Crimea, generally recognized as part of Ukraine, but currently controlled by Russia)
- historicalformer name of Cabala (= Kavala): a port city in northern Greece
- Various other cities in the Hellenistic world, including modern Nabeul, Tunisia, and Nablus, Palestine.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Neāpolis | — |
| genitive | Neāpolis Neāpoleos, Neāpolios | — |
| dative | Neāpolī | — |
| accusative | Neāpolim Neāpolin | — |
| ablative | Neāpolī | — |
| vocative | Neāpolis Neāpolī | — |
| locative | Neāpolī | — |
Nĕāpŏlis, is, f., = Νεάπολις (Newtown).
I. A celebrated maritime city in Campania, a colony of the Cumæans, called by the early Romans Novapolis, now Napoli, Naples, Mel. 2, 4, 9; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 62; Varr. L. L. 6, § 58 Müll.; Cic. Balb. 24, 55; id. Rab. Post. 10, 26:
otiosa, Hor. Epod. 5, 43: docta, Mart. 5, 78, 14: hospita Musis, Sil. 12, 31.—Hence, 1. Nĕāpŏlītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Naples, Neapolitan: piscinae, Varr. ap. Non. 543, 33:
ager, Plin. 17, 17, 26, § 122: mala cotonea, id. 15, 11, 10, § 38.— b. Subst.
(a). Nĕāpŏlītānum, i, n., a villa near Naples; of Pompey, Cic. Att. 7, 2, 5;
of Lucullus, id. Ac. 2, 3, 9; of Pontius, id. Att. 14, 21, 3.—(b). Nĕāpŏlītāni, ōrum, m., the Neapolitans, Cic. Fam. 13, 30, 1; id. Off. 1, 10, 33; id. Tusc. 1, 35, 86.—
2. Nĕāpŏlītes, ae, m., a Neapolitan: Dion, Varr. ap. Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 8.—
3. Nĕā-pŏlītis, ĭdis, f., a (female) Neapolitan: meretrix, Afran. ap. Non. 318, 6.—
II. A city in Zeugitana, now Nabal, Mel. 1, 7; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 24; Auct. B. Afr. 2.—
Origins
From Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα (néa, “new”) + πόλις (pólis, “city, city-state”). Varro's De Lingua Latina states that it was previously called Novapolis. Equivalent to neo- + -polis.
Descendants
- FrenchNaples
- EnglishNaplesfrom French Naples
- ItalianNapoli
- EnglishNapolifrom Italian Napoli
- PortugueseNápoles
- RomanianNapoli
- SpanishNápoles
- Chinese那不勒斯from French Naples
- Japaneseネイプルズfrom French Naples
- Chinese拿坡里from Italian Napoli
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyNeapolisNeapolis i. e. the New City. I. In Europe. 1. (Νεάπολις: Eth. Νεαπολίτης, Strab. and Steph. B. sub voce but coins have Eth. Νεοπολίτης, Eth. Neapolita…GeographyNeapolisNeapolis, II. In Asia. 1. An important city of Palaestine, commonly supposed to be identical with the SICHEM or SHECHEM of the Old Testament. Thus Epi…GeographyNeapolisNeapolis, III. In Africa. 1. In Egypt. [CAENEPOLIS] 2. A town of Cyrenaica, which Ptolemy (4.4.11) places in 31° 10′ lat. and 49° long. The town of Ma…