Tripolis

See also: tripolis

Czech

Proper noun

Tripolis m

  1. Tripoli (capital of Libya)

Further reading
  • Tripolis in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Tripolis in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʀiːpolɪs/

Proper noun

Tripolis n (genitive Tripolis')

  1. Tripoli (capital of Libya)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).

Proper noun

Tripolis f (genitive Tripolis or Tripoleos); third declension

  1. Tripoli (city in modern Libya)
  2. Tripoli (city in modern Lebanon)
  3. Tripoli (city in Thessaly, modern Greece)
  4. The name of several settlements in the Hellenistic world.

Declension

Third declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Tripolis
Genitive Tripolis
Tripoleos
Dative Tripolī
Accusative Tripolim
Tripolin
Ablative Tripolī
Vocative Tripolis
Tripolī
Locative Tripolī

Note: Tripoleos is only attested postclassically.

References
  • Tripolis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Tripolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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