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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Διόσπολις (Dióspolis).
Proper noun
Diospolis f sg (genitive Diospolis); third declension
- A town of Upper Egypt on the left bank of the Nile, between Abydus and Tentyra
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
References
- Diospolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Diospolis Parva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly