πόλη
Lemma: πόλις
noun
noun
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Added May 12, 2026
Definition
A city or city-state, understood as an organized civic community with its institutions and citizen body; by extension, the urban center itself.
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Grammatical Analysis
"πόλη"
Case: nominative
Number: singular
Gender: feminine
Declension: 3rd declension (consonant-stem; stem πολ-/πολ-)
Related Forms of πόλις
12 forms discoveredOther inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:
πόλις
nominative, singular, feminine
πόλεις
nominative_or_vocative_or_accusative, plural, femi...
Polis
nominative, singular, feminine
πολέως
genitive, singular, feminine
πολις
nominative or vocative, singular, feminine
πολει
dative, singular, feminine
polis
nominative, singular, feminine
poleis
nominative or accusative or vocative, plural, femi...
πόλει
dative, singular, feminine
πολεως
genitive, singular, feminine
πολιν
accusative, singular, feminine
πόλεσιν
dative, plural, masculine