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Pentapolis
Pentapolis
See also: pentapolis
Latin
Proper noun
Pentapolis f (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, with locative.
| 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Pentapolis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
pentapolis
pentapolis
See also: Pentapolis
English
Noun
pentapolis (plural pentapolises or pentapoleis)
- A geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities.