πολίτης
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From πόλις (pólis, “city”) + -της (-tēs). The ῑ from the stem of πόλις led to the backformation -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs), whence the reanalysis πολ-ῑ́της (pol-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈli.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈli.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈli.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈli.tis/
Noun
πολῑ́της • (polī́tēs) m (genitive πολῑ́του); first declension (Attic, Koine)
- citizen, freeman
- fellow citizen, compatriot
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πολῑ́της ho polī́tēs |
τὼ πολῑ́τᾱ tṑ polī́tā |
οἱ πολῖται hoi polîtai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πολῑ́του toû polī́tou |
τοῖν πολῑ́ταιν toîn polī́tain |
τῶν πολῑτῶν tôn polītôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πολῑ́τῃ tôi polī́tēi |
τοῖν πολῑ́ταιν toîn polī́tain |
τοῖς πολῑ́ταις toîs polī́tais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πολῑ́την tòn polī́tēn |
τὼ πολῑ́τᾱ tṑ polī́tā |
τοὺς πολῑ́τᾱς toùs polī́tās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πολῖτᾰ polîta |
πολῑ́τᾱ polī́tā |
πολῖται polîtai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- πολῖτις (polîtis, feminine)
Derived terms
- πολῑτεύω (polīteúō)
- πολῑτικός (polītikós)
- πολῑτοφῠ́λᾰξ (polītophúlax)
Further reading
- “πολίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πολίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πολίτης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πολίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- πολίτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G4177 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- citizen idem, page 133.
- civilian idem, page 133.
- compatriot idem, page 150.
- countryman idem, page 178.
- fellow idem, page 314.
- native idem, page 551.
- townsman idem, page 884.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολίτης (polítēs).
Noun
πολίτης • (polítis) m or f (plural πολίτες, feminine πολίτισσα or πολίτις)
- citizen, resident of town or city
- Αμερικανός πολίτης (American citizen)
- civilian, not of the church or armed forces
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πολίτης (polítis) | πολίτες (polítes) |
| genitive | πολίτη (políti) | πολιτών (politón) |
| accusative | πολίτη (políti) | πολίτες (polítes) |
| vocative | πολίτη (políti) | πολίτες (polítes) |
Derived terms
- συμπολίτης (sympolítis)
Related terms
- see: πόλη f (póli, “town, city”)
Further reading
- πολίτης, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
πολίτης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
