Tripolis

See also: tripolis

Czech

Proper noun

1. Tripoli (the capital of Libya)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʀiːpolɪs/

Proper noun

Tripolis n (genitive Tripolis')

1. Tripoli (the capital of Libya)

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).

Proper noun

Tripolis f sg (genitive Tripolis or Tripoleos); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

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.