acropolisn.

Brit.

/əˈkrɒpəlɪs/,

/əˈkrɒpl̩ɪs/, U.S.

/əˈkrɑpələs/

Inflections: Plural acropoleis Brit.

/əˈkrɒpəliːs/, U.S.

/əˈkrɑpəˌlis/, acropolises.

Forms: 1500s– acropolis, 1800s– akropolis.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἀκρόπολις.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀκρόπολις upper or higher city, citadel, especially that of Athens < ἄκρο- acro- comb. form + πόλις city (see -polis comb. form). Compare post-classical Latin acropolis (6th cent.), Middle French, French acropolis (1552 in Rabelais; now more commonly acropole).

A citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically one built on a hill. Frequently (with capital initial) as the proper name of the ancient citadel of Athens. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > citadel

CapitoliumeOE

rockc1384

Capitola1387

citadel1542

acropolis1570

Kremlin1662

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > other areas

friars1479

foreign1514

acropolis1570

sestiere1599

shopping district1837

downstreet1865

Latin Quarter1869

midtown1882

club-land1885

flat-land1889

brick area1895

turf1953

grey area1959

office park1963

bed-sitter-land1968

edge city1968

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Acropolis, a castell sette on a hylle.]

1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 72 I will bring you foorth y^e flat scriptures of our auncestors which they set vp in wryting vpon a brasen Piller in the Tower Acropolis.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 339 Of this horsse there was a brazen image at Athens in Acropolis.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. xii. 95 As if Nature kept garrison in this Acropolis of Mans body the Head.

1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. ii. 8 This was the Acropolis, or Cittadel.

1749 W. R. Chetwood Gen. Hist. Stage 10 The Aga resides in the Acropolis, or Castle, built upon a Rock, a Mile in Circumference.

1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor 50 The town of Scio..resembles Genoa... A naked hill rises above it where was the acropolis of the Greeks.

1840 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. 428 The Acropolis of Corinth was held by one Alexander.

1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §168, 146 Massive walls..surround their cities, not merely their acropoleis.

1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. vi. 65 In Athens the weights connected with the coinage were kept with great care in the Acropolis.

1901 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 33 33 Of all the acropolises of Greece only the Arcadian Orchomenos overtops it.

1961 Listener 17 Aug. 250/1 Hideous rocks jag An acropolis of cormorants.

1977 Time 31 Jan. 43/3 Visitors..shepherded round the Acropolis by yammering guides.

1997 Amer. Anthropologist 99 307/2 The owls that actually next in great numbers in her temples and acropolises.

2007 Archaeol. Rep. for 2006–7 (Soc. for Promotion Hellenic Stud.) No. 53. 35/2 The remains of the twin acropoleis..of Thisve/Kastorion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acropolis
释义	acropolisn. Brit. /əˈkrɒpəlɪs/, /əˈkrɒpl̩ɪs/, U.S. /əˈkrɑpələs/ Inflections: Plural acropoleis Brit. /əˈkrɒpəliːs/, U.S. /əˈkrɑpəˌlis/, acropolises. Forms: 1500s– acropolis, 1800s– akropolis. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ἀκρόπολις. Etymology: < ancient Greek ἀκρόπολις upper or higher city, citadel, especially that of Athens < ἄκρο- acro- comb. form + πόλις city (see -polis comb. form). Compare post-classical Latin acropolis (6th cent.), Middle French, French acropolis (1552 in Rabelais; now more commonly acropole). A citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically one built on a hill. Frequently (with capital initial) as the proper name of the ancient citadel of Athens. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > fort or fortified town > [noun] > citadel CapitoliumeOE rockc1384 Capitola1387 citadel1542 acropolis1570 Kremlin1662 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [noun] > other areas friars1479 foreign1514 acropolis1570 sestiere1599 shopping district1837 downstreet1865 Latin Quarter1869 midtown1882 club-land1885 flat-land1889 brick area1895 turf1953 grey area1959 office park1963 bed-sitter-land1968 edge city1968 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Acropolis, a castell sette on a hylle.] 1570 T. Wilson tr. Demosthenes 3 Orations 72 I will bring you foorth y^e flat scriptures of our auncestors which they set vp in wryting vpon a brasen Piller in the Tower Acropolis. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 339 Of this horsse there was a brazen image at Athens in Acropolis. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. xii. 95 As if Nature kept garrison in this Acropolis of Mans body the Head. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. i. ii. 8 This was the Acropolis, or Cittadel. 1749 W. R. Chetwood Gen. Hist. Stage 10 The Aga resides in the Acropolis, or Castle, built upon a Rock, a Mile in Circumference. 1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor 50 The town of Scio..resembles Genoa... A naked hill rises above it where was the acropolis of the Greeks. 1840 T. Arnold Hist. Rome II. 428 The Acropolis of Corinth was held by one Alexander. 1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §168, 146 Massive walls..surround their cities, not merely their acropoleis. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. vi. 65 In Athens the weights connected with the coinage were kept with great care in the Acropolis. 1901 Bull. Amer. Geogr. Soc. 33 33 Of all the acropolises of Greece only the Arcadian Orchomenos overtops it. 1961 Listener 17 Aug. 250/1 Hideous rocks jag An acropolis of cormorants. 1977 Time 31 Jan. 43/3 Visitors..shepherded round the Acropolis by yammering guides. 1997 Amer. Anthropologist 99 307/2 The owls that actually next in great numbers in her temples and acropolises. 2007 Archaeol. Rep. for 2006–7 (Soc. for Promotion Hellenic Stud.) No. 53. 35/2 The remains of the twin acropoleis..of Thisve/Kastorion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1570
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