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Pentapolis
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See also: pentapolis
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πεντάπολις (Pentápolis).
Proper noun
Pentapolis f sg (genitive Pentapolis or Pentapoleos or Pentapolios); third declension
- The name of several pentapolises (associations of five cities) in the Hellenistic world, especially the one in Cyrenaica.
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
References
- “Pentapolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Pentapolis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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