COMPOUND: ἀκρόπολις, εως
CATEGORIZATION: N [A+N]
MEANING: ‘upper or higher city’; hence ‘citadel, castle’
ETYMOLOGY: ἄκρο-ς, -α, -ον ‘at the farthest point or end ,hence topmost, highest’ + πόλις, ἡ ‘city’
OCCURRENCE: Od. VIII, 494, 504
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. f. sg.
HEADEDNESS: endocentric – right-headed
CLASSIFICATION: attributive – karmadhāraya
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