Pentapolis

See also: pentapolis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πεντάπολις (Pentápolis).

Proper noun

Pentapolis f sg (genitive Pentapolis or Pentapoleos or Pentapolios); third declension

  1. 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.

Case Singular
Nominative Pentapolis
Genitive Pentapolis
Pentapoleos
Pentapolios
Dative Pentapolī
Accusative Pentapolim
Pentapolin
Ablative Pentapolī
Vocative Pentapolis
Pentapolī
Locative Pentapolī

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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