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metropolis

From LSJ

L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelleLove that moves the sun and the other stars

Dante Alighieri, Paradiso, XXXIII, v. 145

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

capital: use P. and V. πόλις (Thuc. 2, 15).

mother city (of colonies): P. μητρόπολις, ἡ.

Latin > English

metropolis metropolis N F :: chief/capital city; city from which other cities have been colonized (L+S)

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 > Chinese

metropolis, is. f. :: 省城

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: столица, метрополия; Serbo-Croatian: метро̀пола, metropola; Tagalog: metropoli; Turkish: metropol; Ukrainian: метрополія; Volapük: metropoel