In my mind, Greco-Latin <basis> ~ <bases> [BAY-seize] => <metropolis> ~
<metropoles> [meh-TRAH-puh-lees] (for me, an hapax as of this thread). I
awkwardly generate *?<metropolises> [meh-TRAH-puh-lIs-ease] (also an hapax
{I think, maybe not}).
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