# nekropolis
## English
### Noun

nekropolis (plural nekropolises or nekropoleis or nekropoles)
* Alternative spelling of necropolis
** 1836, [Nathaniel Parker Willis], “The Gipsy of Sardis. Part III.”, in Inklings of Adventure [...] In Two Volumes, volume II, New York, N.Y., London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, page 61:It was a lovely morning, as I said, and the Turks, who are early risers, were sitting on the graves of their kindred with their veiled wives and children, the marble turbans in that thickly-sown nekropolis less numerous than those of the living, who had come, not to mourn the dead who lay beneath, but to pass a day of idleness and pleasure on the spot endeared by their memories.
** 1837, [Julia] Pardoe, The City of the Sultan; and Domestic Manners of the Turks, in 1836. [...] In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 147:You are surrounded by what appear for an instant to be the myriad fragments of some mighty whole—but the gloom has deceived you—you are in the midst of a Nekropolis—a City of the Dead.
** 1850, George Grote, chapter LIX, in History of Greece, volume VII, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 334:[T]he lower ground, situated between it and the inner city of Ortygia, [...] was employed [...] partly for the burial of the dead, which, according to invariable Grecian custom, was performed without the walls of the city. Extensive catacombs yet remain to mark the length of time during which this ancient Nekropolis served its purpose.
** 1854, A[dolphus] L[ouis] Kœppen, “The Harbors and Naval Establishments of the Ancient Athenians—The Modern Peiræus”, in Sketches of a Traveller from Greece, Constantinople, Asia Minor, Syria and Palestine, Chambersburg, Pa.: […] M. Kieffer & Co., →OCLC, page 19:The ancient Greeks generally buried their dead in their nekropoleis or their gardens; often on the road leading to their towns, or before the gates. This pious feeling of affection and reverence for the dead, is a touching feature in the character of the modern Greeks.
** 1995, Frank R. Trombley, “The Bostrene, Djebel Hauran, and the Ledjā”, in Hellenic Religion and Christianization c. 370–529 (Religious in the Graeco-Roman World; 115), 2nd edition, volume 2, Leiden, New York, N.Y.: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 317:The very large suburban kōmopolis or village-city of Umm el-Jimal, whose ancient name is unknown, had a Christian nekropolis at an early date, by 344, [...]
** 2011, Alexandra[-Fani] Alexandridou, “Attic Early Black-figured Shapes”, in John M. Fossey, Angelo Geissen, editors, The Early Black-figured Pottery of Attika in Context (c. 630–570 BCE) (Monumenta Graeca et Romana; 17), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 38, column 1:If the layer of the offerings is contemporary with the burials, then these are the earliest of the nekropolis, dating to the early third quarter of the seventh century.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Koine Greek νεκρόπολις (nekrópolis, “city of the dead, cemetery”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnekropolis/, [ˈne̞kro̞ˌpo̞lis̠]
* Rhymes: -olis
* Hyphenation: nek‧ro‧po‧lis

### Noun

nekropolis
* necropolis

#### Declension

Possessive forms of nekropolis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nekropolikseni
nekropolikseni
accusative
nom.
nekropolikseni
nekropolikseni
gen.
nekropolikseni
genitive
nekropolikseni
nekropolisteni nekropoliksieni
partitive
nekropolistani
nekropoliksiani
inessive
nekropoliksessani
nekropoliksissani
elative
nekropoliksestani
nekropoliksistani
illative
nekropolikseeni
nekropoliksiini
adessive
nekropoliksellani
nekropoliksillani
ablative
nekropolikseltani
nekropoliksiltani
allative
nekropolikselleni
nekropoliksilleni
essive
nekropoliksenani
nekropoliksinani
translative
nekropoliksekseni
nekropoliksikseni
abessive
nekropoliksettani
nekropoliksittani
instructive
comitative
—nekropoliksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nekropoliksesi
nekropoliksesi
accusative
nom.
nekropoliksesi
nekropoliksesi
gen.
nekropoliksesi
genitive
nekropoliksesi
nekropolistesi nekropoliksiesi
partitive
nekropolistasi
nekropoliksiasi
inessive
nekropoliksessasi
nekropoliksissasi
elative
nekropoliksestasi
nekropoliksistasi
illative
nekropolikseesi
nekropoliksiisi
adessive
nekropoliksellasi
nekropoliksillasi
ablative
nekropolikseltasi
nekropoliksiltasi
allative
nekropoliksellesi
nekropoliksillesi
essive
nekropoliksenasi
nekropoliksinasi
translative
nekropolikseksesi
nekropoliksiksesi
abessive
nekropoliksettasi
nekropoliksittasi
instructive
comitative
—nekropoliksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nekropoliksemme
nekropoliksemme
accusative
nom.
nekropoliksemme
nekropoliksemme
gen.
nekropoliksemme
genitive
nekropoliksemme
nekropolistemme nekropoliksiemme
partitive
nekropolistamme
nekropoliksiamme
inessive
nekropoliksessamme
nekropoliksissamme
elative
nekropoliksestamme
nekropoliksistamme
illative
nekropolikseemme
nekropoliksiimme
adessive
nekropoliksellamme
nekropoliksillamme
ablative
nekropolikseltamme
nekropoliksiltamme
allative
nekropoliksellemme
nekropoliksillemme
essive
nekropoliksenamme
nekropoliksinamme
translative
nekropolikseksemme
nekropoliksiksemme
abessive
nekropoliksettamme
nekropoliksittamme
instructive
comitative
—nekropoliksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nekropoliksenne
nekropoliksenne
accusative
nom.
nekropoliksenne
nekropoliksenne
gen.
nekropoliksenne
genitive
nekropoliksenne
nekropolistenne nekropoliksienne
partitive
nekropolistanne
nekropoliksianne
inessive
nekropoliksessanne
nekropoliksissanne
elative
nekropoliksestanne
nekropoliksistanne
illative
nekropolikseenne
nekropoliksiinne
adessive
nekropoliksellanne
nekropoliksillanne
ablative
nekropolikseltanne
nekropoliksiltanne
allative
nekropoliksellenne
nekropoliksillenne
essive
nekropoliksenanne
nekropoliksinanne
translative
nekropolikseksenne
nekropoliksiksenne
abessive
nekropoliksettanne
nekropoliksittanne
instructive
comitative
—nekropoliksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nekropoliksensa
nekropoliksensa
accusative
nom.
nekropoliksensa
nekropoliksensa
gen.
nekropoliksensa
genitive
nekropoliksensa
nekropolistensa nekropoliksiensa
partitive
nekropolistaan nekropolistansa
nekropoliksiaan nekropoliksiansa
inessive
nekropoliksessaan nekropoliksessansa
nekropoliksissaan nekropoliksissansa
elative
nekropoliksestaan nekropoliksestansa
nekropoliksistaan nekropoliksistansa
illative
nekropolikseensa
nekropoliksiinsa
adessive
nekropoliksellaan nekropoliksellansa
nekropoliksillaan nekropoliksillansa
ablative
nekropolikseltaan nekropolikseltansa
nekropoliksiltaan nekropoliksiltansa
allative
nekropolikselleen nekropoliksellensa
nekropoliksilleen nekropoliksillensa
essive
nekropoliksenaan nekropoliksenansa
nekropoliksinaan nekropoliksinansa
translative
nekropoliksekseen nekropolikseksensa
nekropoliksikseen nekropoliksiksensa
abessive
nekropoliksettaan nekropoliksettansa
nekropoliksittaan nekropoliksittansa
instructive
comitative
—nekropoliksineen nekropoliksinensa :

## Lithuanian
### Noun

nekropolis m (plural nekropoliai)
* necropolis