Tripolis

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

Trĭpŏlis, is, f., = Τρίπολις (prop. threetown), the name of several districts of country and of towns.

I A district of Thessaly , Liv. 42, 53, 6.

II —Hence, Trĭpŏlĭtānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tripolis : ager, Liv. 36, 10, 5.—

II A country of Africa , Sol. 27.

IV —Hence, Trĭpŏlĭtānus , a, um, adj., of Tripolis , Eutr. 8, 10.—

III A town of Phoenicia , Mel. 1, 12, 3; Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78—

IV A district of Laconia , near Tegea , including the cities of Belmina , Carystus , and Pellene , Liv. 35, 27, 9. — Hence, Trĭpŏlĭtĭcus , a, um, adj., of Tripolis : vinum, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 74.

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