Lycopolis

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English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Lycopolis

  1. (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

  1. 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