metropolis
ἐν πιθήκοις ὄντα δεῖ εἶναι πίθηκον → in Rome we do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans do | when in Rome, do as the Romans | when in Rome, do like the Romans do | when in Rome | being among monkeys one has to be a monkey
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
capital: use P. and V. πόλις (Thuc. 2, 15).
mother city (of colonies): P. μητρόπολις, ἡ.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
mētrŏpŏlis: is, f., = μητρόπολις,
I a city from which other cities have been colonized, a mother-city; also, the chief city, metropolis of a province (post-class.).
I Lit., Cod. Just. 11, 21; Cod. Th. 13, 3, 11.—
II Trop.: metropolis et arx mentis, Hier. adv. Jovin. 2, 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) mētrŏpŏlis, is, f. (μητρόπολις), [ville- mère], métropole, capitale d’une province : Spart. Hadr. 14, 1 || source, origine : Hier. Jovin. 2, 3.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) mētropolis1, Akk. im, Abl. ī, f. (μητρόπολις), die Mutterstadt, d.i. von der andere Städte ihre Kolonisten erhalten haben; od. die Hauptstadt einer Provinz, die sich zu den anderen Städten verhält wie eine Mutter zu ihren Töchtern, rein lat. mater (w. vgl.) oder patria maior, Spart. Hadr. 14, 1. Cod. Iust. 11, 22 (21), 1. Cod. Theod. 13, 3, 11. – bildl., Hieron. adv. Iovin. 2. sect. 3.
Latin > English
metropolis metropolis N F :: chief/capital city; city from which other cities have been colonized (L+S)
Translations
Albanian: metropol; Bulgarian: метрополия; Catalan: metròpolis, metròpoli; Dutch: metropolis, metropool, moederstad; Esperanto: metropolo; Estonian: metropol; Finnish: metropolis, emämaa; French: métropole; Greek: μητρόπολη; Hungarian: metropolisz, anyaország; Irish: ceannchathair; Khmer: មាតុក្រុង, ទីក្រុងមេ; Kurdish Northern Kurdish: metropol; Latin: metropolis; Latvian: metropole; Norwegian: metropol; Polish: metropolia; Portuguese: metrópole; Romanian: metropolă; Russian: столи́ца, метропо́лия; Serbo-Croatian: метро̀пола, metropola; Tagalog: metropoli; Turkish: metropol; Ukrainian: метрополія; Volapük: metropoel
