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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σκυθόπολις (Skuthópolis).
Proper noun
Scythopolis f sg (genitive Scythopolis); third declension
- A city of the Decapolis situated west of the Jordan River
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
Descendants
References
- Scythopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Scythopolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly