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polis
1[poh-lis]
noun
plural
poleisan ancient Greek city-state.
-polis
2a combining form, meaning “city,” appearing in loanwords from Greek (metropolis ), and used in the formation of placenames (Annapolis ).
polis
1/ ˈɒɪ /
noun
an ancient Greek city-state
polis
2/ ˈDZɪ /
noun
the police or a police officer
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of polis1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of polis1
Origin of polis2
Example Sentences
Playwrights addressed the polis not by dramatizing current events but by recasting tales from the mythological and historic past to sharpen critical thinking on contemporary concerns.
They were woven into the fabric of a democratic polis.
Shadow puppets fill in the ancient Greek backstory involving a fellow named Thaddeus, who markets water in disposable vases that the polis can’t get enough of.
More than that, a kind of arts polis, a democratic gathering place for arts and ideas.
They also started to create what Václav Benda called a “parallel polis” – a world in which one tried to act as if one was already free.
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When To Use
The combining form -polis is used like a suffix meaning “city.” It is occasionally used in technical terms.The form -polis comes from Greek ó, meaning “city.”
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