Ἑρμόπολις
Ancient Greek
proper noun
Definitions
- Hermopolis; El Ashmunein, Egypt
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek Ἑρμῆς (Hermes, the hellenic god of trade and commerce) + Ancient Greek πόλις (city, city state, city-state, fortified town).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πόλις
Gloss
city, city state, city-state, fortified town
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
市
Emoji
🌆 🏙️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -polis English
- Hermes English
- Indianapolis English
- policlinic English
- -polis Latin
- Hermes Latin
- Hermopolis Latin
- politia Latin
- Polis German
- -poli Italian
- Hermes Spanish, Castilian
- polis Spanish, Castilian
- -ίτης Ancient Greek
- Δεκάπολις Ancient Greek
- Κωνσταντινούπολις Ancient Greek
- Νικόπολις Ancient Greek
- Τρίπολις Ancient Greek
- Χρυσόπολις Ancient Greek
- δίπολις Ancient Greek
- πολίζειν Ancient Greek
- πολίτης Ancient Greek
- πολιορκία Ancient Greek
- πόλις Ancient Greek
- πόλισμα Ancient Greek
- ἀκρόπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἁδριανούπολις Ancient Greek
- ἑλέπολις Ancient Greek
- ἑρμοδάκτυλον Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμαφρόδιτος Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμοκράτης Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμόλαος Ancient Greek
- Ἑρμῆς Ancient Greek
- Ἕρμαρχος Ancient Greek
- Ἕρμιππος Ancient Greek
- Ἰωνόπολις Ancient Greek
- Ἱεράπολις Ancient Greek
- *ser- Proto-Indo-European
- Florianópolis Portuguese
- Hermes Portuguese
- Konstantinopel Danish
- poliklinika Czech
- polis Czech
- Hermes Catalan, Valencian
- Hermes Galician
- Κωνσταντινούπολις Greek (modern)
- Hermis Lithuanian
- ⲉⲣⲙⲏⲥ Coptic
- ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ Coptic
- σεβαστός grc-koi
- σεβᾰστός grc-koi
- *ptólis Proto-Hellenic
- mini Dakota
- בולי Yevanic