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English
Etymology
From Latin Callipolis, from Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis, “City of Beauty”). Doublet of Kallipolis, Gallipoli, and Gelibolu.
Proper noun
Callipolis
- Synonym of Kallipolis in its various senses.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Καλλίπολις (Kallípolis).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Callipolis f sg (genitive Callipolis); third declension
- a maritime city in Calabria, situated on the gulf of Tarentum, now Gallipoli
- a city on the east coast of Sicily, situated near Naxos
- a town in Thrace, opposite to Lampsacus
- (philosophy) Kallipolis (utopian city state ruled by philosopher kings as theorised by Plato in the Republic)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
Descendants
References
- “Callipolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Callipolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Callipolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly