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Tripolis

Tripolis · f

the name of several districts of country and of towns

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Severus 1 · 2.37/10k
Res Gestae 3 · 0.24/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 1 · 0.13/10k
Ab urbe condita 4 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 3 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

Trĭpŏlis — Lewis & Short

Trĭpŏlis, is, f., = *tri/polis (prop. threetown),

I the name of several districts of country and of towns.

I A district of Thessaly, Liv. 42, 53, 6.—Hence, Trĭpŏlĭtānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tripolis: ager, Liv. 36, 10, 5.—

II A country of Africa, Sol. 27.—Hence, Trĭpŏlĭtānus, a, um, adj., of Tripolis, Eutr. 8, 10.—

III A town of Phœnicia, 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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