Lycopolis

English

Alternative forms

• Lykopolis

Proper noun

Lycopolis

1. (historical) A city of Upper Egypt on the left bank of the Nile.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λυκόπολις (Lukópolis).

Proper noun

Lycopolis f sg (genitive Lycopolis); third declension

1. A city of Upper Egypt on the left bank of the Nile

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Lycopolis
Genitive	Lycopolis
Dative	Lycopolī
Accusative	Lycopolim Lycopolin
Ablative	Lycopolī
Vocative	Lycopolis Lycopolī
Locative	Lycopolī

Related terms

• Lycopolītēs

References

• “Lycopolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly