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Latin
Etymology
From Ister (“Danube”) + -polis.
Proper noun
Istropolis f sg (genitive Istropolis); third declension
- A town of Lower Moesia situated on the coast of the Black Sea
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
References
- Istropolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Istropolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly