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Νεάπολις

*neapolis · ἡ

new city, Neapolis

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What it meant — LSJ

new city, Neapolis

new city, pr. n. of several cities, Neapolis: at first in two words, Νέα πόλις, gen. Νέης πόλιος Hdt. 2.91, cf. Th. 7.50; later in one, Νεάπολις, gen. Νεαπόλεως Str. 2.5.40, dat. Νεαπόλει Id. 1.2.13: hence Νεοπολίτης [ῑ], ου, ὁ, IG 1(2).191.31, al., later Νεαπολίτης Tab.Heracl. 1.187, Lyc. 736, Plb. 1.20.14, etc., cf. Pl. ap. Poll. 9.26.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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