nekropolis

English

Noun

nekropolis (plural nekropolises or nekropoleis or nekropoles)

1. Alternative spelling of necropolis
   • 1836, [Nathaniel Parker Willis], “The Gipsy of Sardis. Part III.”, in Inklings of Adventure [...] In Two Volumes, volume II, New York, N.Y., London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, page 61:

     It was a lovely morning, as I said, and the Turks, who are early risers, were sitting on the graves of their kindred with their veiled wives and children, the marble turbans in that thickly-sown nekropolis less numerous than those of the living, who had come, not to mourn the dead who lay beneath, but to pass a day of idleness and pleasure on the spot endeared by their memories.

   • 1837, [Julia] Pardoe, The City of the Sultan; and Domestic Manners of the Turks, in 1836. [...] In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 147:

     You are surrounded by what appear for an instant to be the myriad fragments of some mighty whole—but the gloom has deceived you—you are in the midst of a Nekropolis—a City of the Dead.

   • 1850, George Grote, chapter LIX, in History of Greece, volume VII, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 334:

     [T]he lower ground, situated between it and the inner city of Ortygia, [...] was employed [...] partly for the burial of the dead, which, according to invariable Grecian custom, was performed without the walls of the city. Extensive catacombs yet remain to mark the length of time during which this ancient Nekropolis served its purpose.

   • 1854, A[dolphus] L[ouis] Kœppen, “The Harbors and Naval Establishments of the Ancient Athenians—The Modern Peiræus”, in Sketches of a Traveller from Greece, Constantinople, Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine, Chambersburg, Pa.: […] M. Kieffer & Co., →OCLC, page 19:

     The ancient Greeks generally buried their dead in their nekropoleis or their gardens; often on the road leading to their towns, or before the gates. This pious feeling of affection and reverence for the dead, is a touching feature in the character of the modern Greeks.

   • 1995, Frank R. Trombley, “The Bostrene, Djebel Hauran, and the Ledjā”, in Hellenic Religion and Christianization c. 370–529 (Religious in the Graeco-Roman World; 115), 2nd edition, volume 2, Leiden, New York, N.Y.: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 317:

     The very large suburban kōmopolis or village-city of Umm el-Jimal, whose ancient name is unknown, had a Christian nekropolis at an early date, by 344, [...]

   • 2011, Alexandra[-Fani] Alexandridou, “Attic Early Black-figured Shapes”, in John M. Fossey, Angelo Geissen, editors, The Early Black-figured Pottery of Attika in Context (c. 630–570 BCE) (Monumenta Graeca et Romana; 17), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 38, column 1:

     If the layer of the offerings is contemporary with the burials, then these are the earliest of the nekropolis, dating to the early third quarter of the seventh century.

Finnish

Etymology

From Koine Greek νεκρόπολις (nekrópolis, “city of the dead, cemetery”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnekropolis/, [ˈne̞kro̞ˌpo̞lis̠]
• Rhymes: -olis
• Syllabification^(key): nek‧ro‧po‧lis

Noun

nekropolis

1. necropolis

Declension

Inflection of nekropolis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		nekropolis	nekropolikset
genitive		nekropoliksen	nekropolisten nekropoliksien
partitive		nekropolista	nekropoliksia
illative		nekropolikseen	nekropoliksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		nekropolis	nekropolikset
accusative	nom.	nekropolis	nekropolikset
	gen.	nekropoliksen
genitive		nekropoliksen	nekropolisten nekropoliksien
partitive		nekropolista	nekropoliksia
inessive		nekropoliksessa	nekropoliksissa
elative		nekropoliksesta	nekropoliksista
illative		nekropolikseen	nekropoliksiin
adessive		nekropoliksella	nekropoliksilla
ablative		nekropolikselta	nekropoliksilta
allative		nekropolikselle	nekropoliksille
essive		nekropoliksena	nekropoliksina
translative		nekropolikseksi	nekropoliksiksi
abessive		nekropoliksetta	nekropoliksitta
instructive		—	nekropoliksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of nekropolis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative nekropolikseni nekropolikseni accusative nom. nekropolikseni nekropolikseni gen. nekropolikseni genitive nekropolikseni nekropolisteni nekropoliksieni partitive nekropolistani nekropoliksiani inessive nekropoliksessani nekropoliksissani elative nekropoliksestani nekropoliksistani illative nekropolikseeni nekropoliksiini adessive nekropoliksellani nekropoliksillani ablative nekropolikseltani nekropoliksiltani allative nekropolikselleni nekropoliksilleni essive nekropoliksenani nekropoliksinani translative nekropoliksekseni nekropoliksikseni abessive nekropoliksettani nekropoliksittani instructive — — comitative — nekropoliksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative nekropoliksesi nekropoliksesi accusative nom. nekropoliksesi nekropoliksesi gen. nekropoliksesi genitive nekropoliksesi nekropolistesi nekropoliksiesi partitive nekropolistasi nekropoliksiasi inessive nekropoliksessasi nekropoliksissasi elative nekropoliksestasi nekropoliksistasi illative nekropolikseesi nekropoliksiisi adessive nekropoliksellasi nekropoliksillasi ablative nekropolikseltasi nekropoliksiltasi allative nekropoliksellesi nekropoliksillesi essive nekropoliksenasi nekropoliksinasi translative nekropolikseksesi nekropoliksiksesi abessive nekropoliksettasi nekropoliksittasi instructive — — comitative — nekropoliksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative nekropoliksemme nekropoliksemme accusative nom. nekropoliksemme nekropoliksemme gen. nekropoliksemme genitive nekropoliksemme nekropolistemme nekropoliksiemme partitive nekropolistamme nekropoliksiamme inessive nekropoliksessamme nekropoliksissamme elative nekropoliksestamme nekropoliksistamme illative nekropolikseemme nekropoliksiimme adessive nekropoliksellamme nekropoliksillamme ablative nekropolikseltamme nekropoliksiltamme allative nekropoliksellemme nekropoliksillemme essive nekropoliksenamme nekropoliksinamme translative nekropolikseksemme nekropoliksiksemme abessive nekropoliksettamme nekropoliksittamme instructive — — comitative — nekropoliksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative nekropoliksenne nekropoliksenne accusative nom. nekropoliksenne nekropoliksenne gen. nekropoliksenne genitive nekropoliksenne nekropolistenne nekropoliksienne partitive nekropolistanne nekropoliksianne inessive nekropoliksessanne nekropoliksissanne elative nekropoliksestanne nekropoliksistanne illative nekropolikseenne nekropoliksiinne adessive nekropoliksellanne nekropoliksillanne ablative nekropolikseltanne nekropoliksiltanne allative nekropoliksellenne nekropoliksillenne essive nekropoliksenanne nekropoliksinanne translative nekropolikseksenne nekropoliksiksenne abessive nekropoliksettanne nekropoliksittanne instructive — — comitative — nekropoliksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative nekropoliksensa nekropoliksensa accusative nom. nekropoliksensa nekropoliksensa gen. nekropoliksensa genitive nekropoliksensa nekropolistensa nekropoliksiensa partitive nekropolistaan nekropolistansa nekropoliksiaan nekropoliksiansa inessive nekropoliksessaan nekropoliksessansa nekropoliksissaan nekropoliksissansa elative nekropoliksestaan nekropoliksestansa nekropoliksistaan nekropoliksistansa illative nekropolikseensa nekropoliksiinsa adessive nekropoliksellaan nekropoliksellansa nekropoliksillaan nekropoliksillansa ablative nekropolikseltaan nekropolikseltansa nekropoliksiltaan nekropoliksiltansa allative nekropolikselleen nekropoliksellensa nekropoliksilleen nekropoliksillensa essive nekropoliksenaan nekropoliksenansa nekropoliksinaan nekropoliksinansa translative nekropoliksekseen nekropolikseksensa nekropoliksikseen nekropoliksiksensa abessive nekropoliksettaan nekropoliksettansa nekropoliksittaan nekropoliksittansa instructive — — comitative — nekropoliksineen nekropoliksinensa

Lithuanian

Noun

nekropolis m

1. necropolis