Diospolis
From LSJ
τὸ κοῖλον τοῦ ποδὸς δεῖξαι → show the heels, show a clean pair of heels, show the hollow of the foot, run away
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Dĭospŏlis, is, f., ancien nom de Laodicée [ville de Phrygie] : Plin. 5, 29 || -lītānus, a, um, de Diospolis [en Égypte] : Hier. Ep. 79 || -lītēs, æ, m. (nomos), le nome Diospolite : Plin. 5, 49.
Wikipedia EN
Diospolis ('City of Zeus') may refer to:
- Diospolis (Bithynia), in Bithynia, Anatolia
- Diospolis (Lydia), in Lydia, Anatolia
- Diospolis (Pontus), in Pontus, Anatolia
- Diospolis, later Byzantine Lydda, now Lod in modern Israel
- Synod of Diospolis in above Lydda
- The first known name of Laodicea on the Lycus in Phrygia, Anatolia
