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English
Proper noun
Lycopolis
- (historical) A city of Upper Egypt on the left bank of the Nile.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Λυκόπολις (Lukópolis).
Proper noun
Lycopolis f sg (genitive Lycopolis); third declension
- A city of Upper Egypt on the left bank of the Nile
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
References
- “Lycopolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly