νεκρόπολις

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English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A city of the dead, a name given to a suburb of Alexandria, Str.17.1.10 and 14.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

νεκρόπολις: -εως, ἡ, ἡ πόλις τῶν νεκρῶν, ὄνομα προαστείου τινὸς τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας, «ἐν ᾧ κῆποί τε πολλοί, καὶ ταφαί, καὶ καταγωγαὶ πρὸς τὰς ταριχείας τῶν νεκρῶν ἐπιτήδειαι» Στράβων 795. 799.

French (Bailly abrégé)

εως (ἡ) :
nécropole.
Étymologie: νεκρός, πόλις.