Hadrianopolis
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἁδριανούπολις (Hadrianoúpolis, “city of Hadrian”), equivalent to Hadriānus (“Hadrian”) + -polis.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ha.dri.aːˈno.po.lis/, [häd̪riäːˈnɔpɔlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.dri.aˈno.po.lis/, [äd̪riäˈnɔːpolis]
Proper noun
Hadriānopolis f sg (genitive Hadriānopolis); third declension
- Edirne or (historical) Adrianople, a town of central Thrace at the confluence of the Tonsus and Hebrus rivers.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Hadriānopolis |
| Genitive | Hadriānopolis |
| Dative | Hadriānopolī |
| Accusative | Hadriānopolim Hadriānopolin |
| Ablative | Hadriānopolī |
| Vocative | Hadriānopolis Hadriānopolī |
| Locative | Hadriānopolī |
Descendants
- English: Adrianople, Adrianopolis
- French: Andrinople
- Italian: Adrianopoli
References
- Hadrianopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Hadrianopolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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