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|Transliteration C=akropolis
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|Definition=poet. ἀκρό-πτολις, εως, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[upper]] or [[higher city]]; hence, [[citadel]], [[castle]], ἐς ἀκρόπολιν <span class="bibl">Od.8.494</span> (in Il. only [[divisim]], <b class="b3">ἄκρη πόλις</b>, v. [[ἄκρος]] <span class="bibl">1.1</span>), cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.49</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>240</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.84</span>, etc.; as seat of tyranny, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.401</span>,<span class="bibl">417</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> esp. the <span class="title">Acropolis</span> of Athens, <span class="title">IG</span>1.58, al., <span class="bibl">And.1.76</span> (cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.60</span>, <span class="bibl">8.51</span>); which served as treasury, <span class="bibl">Th.2.13</span>; hence <b class="b3">ἀνενεχθῆναι εἰς ἀκρόπολιν, γεγράφθαι ἐν ἀκροπόλει</b> to be entered as a state-debtor, <span class="bibl">D.58.19</span>,48; freq. without Art., as And.l.c., D.ll. cc.; at Erythrae, <span class="title">IG</span>1.11. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ἀ. καὶ πύργος ἐὼν δήμῳ</b>, of a person, <span class="bibl">Thgn.233</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. Ἑλλάνων</b>, of Corinth, <span class="bibl">Simon.137</span>; γῆν Δελφίδ' . . Φωκέων ἀκρόπτολιν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span> 1094</span>; [[stronghold]], <b class="b3">τῆς ψυχῆς, τοῦ σώματος</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>560b</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>670a26</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>70a</span>; Pythag., of <b class="b2">seven, Theol. Ar</b>.<span class="bibl">44</span>.</span>
|Definition=poet. [[ἀκρόπτολις]], εως, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[upper city]] or [[higher city]]; hence, [[citadel]], [[castle]], ἐς ἀκρόπολιν Od.8.494 (in Il. only [[divisim]], ἄκρη πόλις, v. [[ἄκρος]] 1.1), cf. Pi.O.7.49, A.Th.240, Hdt.1.84, etc.; as [[seat]] of [[tyranny]], Ph.1.401,417.<br><span class="bld">2</span> esp. the [[Acropolis]] of [[Athens]], IG1.58, al., And.1.76 (cf. Hdt. 1.60, 8.51); which served as [[treasury]], Th.2.13; hence ἀνενεχθῆναι εἰς ἀκρόπολιν, γεγράφθαι ἐν ἀκροπόλει = to be [[enter]]ed as a [[state]]-[[debtor]], D.58.19,48; freq. without Art., as And.l.c., D.ll. cc.; at [[Erythrae]], IG1.11.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., ἀκρόπολις καὶ [[πύργος]] ἐὼν δήμῳ, of a person, Thgn.233; ἀκρόπολις Ἑλλάνων, of [[Corinth]], Simon.137; γῆν Δελφίδ' . . Φωκέων ἀκρόπτολιν E.Or. 1094; [[stronghold]], τῆς ψυχῆς, τοῦ σώματος, Pl.R.560b, Arist.PA670a26, cf. Pl.Ti.70a; [[Pythagorean]], of [[seven]], Theol. Ar.44.
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English (LSJ)

poet. ἀκρόπτολις, εως, ἡ,
A upper city or higher city; hence, citadel, castle, ἐς ἀκρόπολιν Od.8.494 (in Il. only divisim, ἄκρη πόλις, v. ἄκρος 1.1), cf. Pi.O.7.49, A.Th.240, Hdt.1.84, etc.; as seat of tyranny, Ph.1.401,417.
2 esp. the Acropolis of Athens, IG1.58, al., And.1.76 (cf. Hdt. 1.60, 8.51); which served as treasury, Th.2.13; hence ἀνενεχθῆναι εἰς ἀκρόπολιν, γεγράφθαι ἐν ἀκροπόλει = to be entered as a state-debtor, D.58.19,48; freq. without Art., as And.l.c., D.ll. cc.; at Erythrae, IG1.11.
II metaph., ἀκρόπολις καὶ πύργος ἐὼν δήμῳ, of a person, Thgn.233; ἀκρόπολις Ἑλλάνων, of Corinth, Simon.137; γῆν Δελφίδ' . . Φωκέων ἀκρόπτολιν E.Or. 1094; stronghold, τῆς ψυχῆς, τοῦ σώματος, Pl.R.560b, Arist.PA670a26, cf. Pl.Ti.70a; Pythagorean, of seven, Theol. Ar.44.

German (Pape)

[Seite 84] εως, ἡ, Oberstadt, Burg, der höher gelegene, befestigte Theil der Stadt, Hom. zweimal, Od. 8, 494. 504 ἐς ἀκρόπολιν; vgl. Iliad. 6, 257 ἄκρης πόλιος, 317. 7, 345 πόλει ἄκρῃ, 22, 172 πόλει ἀκροτάτῃ, s. an diesen vier Stellen Scholl. Aristonic., aus denen auch die corrupte Notiz bei Od. 8, 494 ἐς ἀκρόπολιν: νῦν μὲν εὐθέως πόλιν ἄκραν; Ariston. schrieb etwa ὅτι νῦν μὲν συνθέτως ἀκρόπολιν, ἐν ἄλλοις δὲ διαλελυμένως πόλιν ἄκραν; – Pind. O. 5, 49; Her 1, 60; bei den Att. bes. die Burg von Athen, häufig πόλις genannt. Übertr. ἀκρ. καὶ πύργος ἐὼν δήμῳ Theogn. 233; der Kopf Plat. Tim. 70 a; ψυχῆς Rep. VIII, 560 b; Plut.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἀκρόπολις: ποιητ. ἀκρόπτολις, εως, ἡ, ἡ ἄνω ἢ ἡ ὑψηλοτέρα πόλις, ἐντεῦθεν, τὸ φρούριον, Λατ. arx, ἐς ἀκρόπολιν, Ὀδ. 8. 494. (Ἐν Ἰλ. μόνον διῃρημένως: ἄκρη πόλις, ἴδε ἄκρος Ι.). Πινδ. Ο. 7. 89, Ἡρόδ. 1. 84, κτλ., τάνδ’ ἐς ἀκρόπτολιν, Αἰσχύλ. Θήβ. 240, πρβλ. Εὐρ. Ὀρ. 1094˙ ὡς ἕδρα τυραννίδος (in arce tyrannus, Ἰουβενάλ.), Φίλ. 1. 401, 467. 2) παρὰ τοῖς Ἀττικοῖς συγγρ. ἡ ἀκρόπολις τῶν Ἀθηνῶν, Ἀνδοκ. 10. 31 (πρβλ. Ἡρόδ. 1. 60, 8. 51), ἥτις ἐχρησίμευεν ὡς θησαυροφυλάκιονταμεῖον, Θουκ. 2. 13, ὡς ἀρχειοφυλακεῖον, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 84. 85. 87, καὶ ἀλλ.: ― γεγράφθαι ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει, ἀνενεχθῆναι εἰς ἀκρόπολιν, τὸ νὰ ἐγγραφῇ τις ὡς ὀφειλέτης τοῦ δημοσίου, Δημ. 1337. 24., 1327. 25, (ἐπὶ ταύτης τῆς ἐννοίας τὸ ἄρθρον συχνάκις παραλείπεται). ΙΙ. μεταφ. ἐπὶ ἀνδρῶν, ἀκρόπολις καὶ πύργος ἐὼν δήμῳ, Θέογν. 233˙ ἀκρ. Ἑλλάνων, περὶ Κορίνθου, Σιμων. 137: ― ὡσαύτως, τὸ σπουδαιότατον μέρος, τὸ ἐρυμνότατον ὀχύρωμα, τῆς ψυχῆς, τοῦ σώματος, Πλατ. Πολ. 560Β, Ἀριστ. περὶ Μορ. Ζ. 3. 7, 11, πρβλ. Πλάτ. Τίμ. 70Α.

French (Bailly abrégé)

εως (ἡ) :
la ville haute ; citadelle ; à Athènes l’Acropole ; p. anal. ville-acropole en parl. de Delphes, placée dans la montagne et centre de la Phocide, et qui était en qqe sorte l’acropole de ce pays).
Étymologie: ἄκρος, πόλις.

English (Autenrieth)

citadel, only in Od. In Il., separated, ἄκρη πόλις.

English (Slater)

ἀκρόπολις
   1 acropolis τεῦξαν δ' ἄλσος ἐν ἀκροπόλει (-πόλι coni. Schr.) (O. 7.49)

Greek Monotonic

ἀκρόπολις: ποιητ. ἀκρό-πτολις, -εως, ,
I. η ανώτερη πόλη, δηλ. η ακρόπολη, το φρούριο, Λατ. arx, σε Ομήρ. Οδ., Ηρόδ.· ιδίως η Ακρόπολη των Αθηνών, η οποία χρησίμευε σαν θησαυροφυλακίο ή ταμείο, σε Θουκ.
II. μεταφ. λέγεται για πρόσωπα, οχυρό, οχύρωμα, προπύργιο άμυνας, σε Θέογν.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἀκρόπολις: εως ἡ
1) расположенная на возвышенности укрепленная часть города, акрополь, цитадель, кремль Hom., Her., Aesch.: Φοκέων ἀ. Eur. = γῆ Δελφίς;
2) афинский Акрополь Thuc.: ἀνενεχθῆναι εἰς ἀκρόπολιν или γεγράφθαι ἐν τῇ ἀκροπόλει Dem. быть внесенным в списки афинского Акрополя (где находилось казначейство), т. е. стать должником государства;
3) перен. твердыня, оплот (τῆς ψυχῆς Plat.; τοῦ σώματος Arst.).

Middle Liddell


I. the upper city, i. e. the citadel, Lat. arx, Od., Hdt.:—esp. the Acropolis of Athens, which served as the treasury, Thuc.
II. metaph. of men, a tower of defence, Theogn.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

ἀκρόπολις -εως, ἡ, ep. poët. ἀκρόπτολις ἄκρος, πόλις hoogste deel van de stad: burcht, vesting, citadel, m. n. die in Athene: de Acropolis; ook overdr. : γῆν Δελφίδ ’ … Φωκέων ἀκρόπτολιν het Delphische land, burcht van de Phociërs Eur. Or. 1094.

English (Woodhouse)

citadel

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