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Megalopolis

Megalopolis · f

a city of Arcadia, the birthplace of Polybius

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Where it lives

Historiae Alexandri Magni 1 · 0.13/10k
Ab urbe condita 5 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

Mĕgălŏpŏlis — Lewis & Short

Mĕgălŏpŏlis, is, f., or Mĕgălē pŏ-lis (Mĕgălēn pŏlin), f., = *megalo/polis or *mega/lh po/lis,

acc.

I a city of Arcadia, the birthplace of Polybius.—Form Megalopolis, Liv. 36, 31, 6; 45, 28, 4.—Form Megale polis, Plin. 4, 6, 10, § 20; Liv. 32, 5, 5; 35, 36, 10.—Hence,

A Mĕgălŏpŏlītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Megalopolis, Liv. 28, 8.—

B Mĕgălŏpŏlītānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Megalopolis, Megalopolitan, Liv. 36, 13.—Subst.: Mĕ-gălŏpŏlītāni, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Megalopolis, Liv. 32, 22.

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