-polis

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin -polis, from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”). === Suffix === -polis (proper noun-forming suffix) -polis (noun-forming suffix, plural -poleis or -polises) Forms names of cities or kinds of cities. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === spoil == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis, “city”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [po.lis] (stressed on antepenult) === Suffix === -polis f (genitive -polis, -polēos, -polios) Forms names of cities (New Latin) as a declinable word to introduce a placename named after a Saint, e.g. Fanum Sancti Iohannis for the various places named Saint John('s), San Juan, etc. Synonyms: fanum, urbs, oppidum ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: -polis (learned) → Portuguese: -polis (learned) == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin -polis, borrowed from Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis). === Pronunciation === === Suffix === -polis f (noun-forming suffix, invariable) forms names of cities ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike in English, this is not normally used to form kinds of cities. For that function, -pole is used instead. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “-polis”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 === Anagrams === psilo