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The Greek word is polis, from which we derive today such words as politics, political, politicians etc.
Fight to protect the polis.
it's Polis because there was no Greek word for city
A polis was a city-state of ancient Greece.
who was a member of the polis who was not a slave
Two words that contain 'polis' are polish and Annapolis (or Indianapolis).
Metropolis, politics for polis.
Affix, a grammatical element that is combined with a word, stem, or phrase to produce derived and inflected forms. There are three types of affixes: prefixes, unfixes, and suffixes.
Words containing an affix that means "full of" include "beautiful," "wonderful," "delightful," and "cheerful."
Polis doesn't have any wors stems! polis is actually a word stem itself polis means city. for example police has polis in it as a word stem!
Often one finds that English words are derived from Greek words. This couldn't be farther from the truth with the Greek word Polis. The Greek word Polis is found in modern words: metropolis, Annapolis,and Minneapolis.
captive, capture
The polis of Athens means the politics of Athens (city of Greece). Polis is the root word of politics. Polis is the Greek word for "city" or "city-state". The Polis of Athens would be the city of Athens. The word is a part of modern English words such as "metropolis".
indianapolis: a city
The Greek word is polis, from which we derive today such words as politics, political, politicians etc.
The Greek word for town is η πόλη(the town/city. The plural is οι πόλεις(the towns/cities). For simple words or sentences, just use Google Translate. It's much faster than waiting for an answer.
The affix "pyro" is derived from the Greek word "pyr," meaning fire. It is used in words relating to heat, fire, or burns.