Hadrianopolis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Adrianopolis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἁδριανούπολις (Hadrianoúpolis, “city of Hadrian”), equivalent to Hadriānus (“Hadrian”) +‎ -polis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ha.dri.aːˈno.po.lis/, [häd̪riäːˈnɔpɔlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.dri.aˈno.po.lis/, [äd̪riäˈnɔːpolis]

Proper noun

Hadriānopolis f sg (genitive Hadriānopolis); third declension

1. Edirne or (historical) Adrianople, a town of central Thrace at the confluence of the Tonsus and Hebrus rivers.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hadriānopolis
genitive	Hadriānopolis
dative	Hadriānopolī
accusative	Hadriānopolim Hadriānopolin
ablative	Hadriānopolī
vocative	Hadriānopolis Hadriānopolī
locative	Hadriānopolī

Descendants

• English: Adrianople, Adrianopolis
• French: Andrinople
• Italian: Adrianopoli

References

• Hadrianopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Hadrianopolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly