Decapolis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Decapolis, from Ancient Greek Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis), from δέκα (déka, “ten”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”). === Proper noun === the Decapolis A group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria. An alliance of ten free imperial cities in Alsace within the Holy Roman Empire (now in Grand Est, France) from 1354 to 1678. Synonym: Alsatian Decapolis ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis), from δέκα (déka, “ten”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɛˈka.pɔ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈkaː.po.lis] === Proper noun === Decapolis f sg (genitive Decapolis); third declension Decapolis (a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Decapolis French: Décapole Italian: Decapoli === References === “Decapolis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.