Τρίπολις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From τρι- (tri-, “three”) +‎ πόλις (pólis, “city”); however, for Tripolis in Phoenicia, the name was possibly formed by folk etymology from an earlier, phonetically similar, Semitic name.

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Τρίπολις • (Trípolis) f (genitive Τριπόλεως); third declension

  1. A city in Phoenicia (now Tripoli, Lebanon), founded and administered by a consortium of the cities Tyrus, Sidon and Aradus.
  2. A region in ancient Libya, known as Regio Tripolitana in Latin, formed by the cities Oea (now Tripoli, the capital of Libya), Sabratha and Leptis Magna.
  3. A district in ancient Arcadia, Greece, consisting of the cities Calliae, Dipoena and Nonacris; the relation with the capital Tripoli of modern Arcadia is not clear.

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ Τρίπολῐς; τῆς Τριπόλεως (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Τρίπολῐς
hē Trípolis
Genitive τῆς Τριπόλεως
tês Tripóleōs
Dative τῇ Τριπόλει
têi Tripólei
Accusative τὴν Τρίπολῐν
tḕn Trípolin
Vocative Τρίπολῐ
Trípoli
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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