Scythopolis

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Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σκυθόπολις (Skuthópolis).

Proper noun

Scythopolis f sg (genitive Scythopolis); third declension

  1. A city of the Decapolis situated west of the Jordan River

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Scythopolis
genitive Scythopolis
dative Scythopolī
accusative Scythopolim
Scythopolin
ablative Scythopolī
vocative Scythopolis
Scythopolī
locative Scythopolī

Descendants

  • Russian: Скифополис (Skifopolis)

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