Pentapolis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Pentăpŏlis, is, f., = Πεντάπολις.

I A district of five towns on the Dead Sea , Sol. 35; Vulg. Sap. 10, 6.—

II A district of Cyrene , on the Libyan Sea , Sex. Ruf. Brev. 13; Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 42.

III —Hence, Pentă-pŏlĭtānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pentapolis , i. e. to Cyrene , Cyrenaic : regio, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31.

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