Decapolisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Borrowed from Latin Decapolis, from Ancient Greek Δεκάπολις (Dekápolis), from δέκα (déka, “ten”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”).

固有名詞

the Decapolis

1. A group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria.
2. An alliance of ten free imperial cities in Alsace within the Holy Roman Empire (now in Grand Est, France) from 1354 to 1678.

   Synonym: Alsatian Decapolis

   • 2009, Christopher W. Close, The Negotiated Reformation, page 45:

     Founded in 1354, the Decapolis sought to protect its member cities’ liberties from encroachment by other estates.

関連する語

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [dɛˈka.pɔ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [deˈkaː.po.lis]

固有名詞

Decapolis f sg (genitive Decapolis); third declension

1. Decapolis (a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire located in modern-day Israel, Jordan and Syria)

語形変化

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

派生した語

• → English: Decapolis
• French: Décapole
• Italian: Decapoli

参照

• “Decapolis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.