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μητροπολίτης
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See also: Μητροπολίτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From μητρόπολις (mētrópolis) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mɛː.tro.po.lǐː.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /me̝.tro.poˈli.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.tro.poˈli.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.tro.poˈli.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.tro.poˈli.tis/
Noun
μητροπολῑ́της • (mētropolī́tēs) m (genitive μητροπολῑ́του); first declension.
- metropolitan (inhabitant of a metropolis)
- (Christianity) metropolitan bishop
Declension
Descendants
- Greek: μητροπολίτης (mitropolítis), Μητροπολίτης (Mitropolítis)
- → Esperanto: metropolito
- → Finnish: metropoliitta
- → Latin: mētropolīta
- → English: metropolite
- → French: métropolite
- → Italian: metropolita (learned)
- → Polish: metropolita
- →⇒ Latin: mētropolītānus (see there for further descendants)
- → Macedonian: митропо́лит (mitropólit)
- → Romanian: mitropolit
- → Russian: митрополи́т (mitropolít)
- → Ukrainian: митрополи́т (mytropolýt)
Further reading
- μητροπολίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μητροπολίτης, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “μητροπολίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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Greek
Noun
μητροπολίτης • (mitropolítis) m (plural μητροπολίτες)
- Alternative form of Μητροπολίτης (Mitropolítis) (usually spelt with a capital).
Declension
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