Tripolis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Tripolis, from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis), from τρι- (tri-, “tri-: three”) + πολις (polis, “city, city-state”). Doublet of Tripoli and Tirebolu.
Proper noun edit
Tripolis
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Derived from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tripolis m inan (related adjective tripoliský or tripolský)
- Tripoli (the capital of Libya)
- Tripolis je nevěsta Středomoří. ― Tripoli is the bride of the Mediterranean.
Declension edit
singular | |
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nominative | Tripolis |
genitive | Tripolisu |
dative | Tripolisu |
accusative | Tripolis |
vocative | Tripolise |
locative | Tripolisu |
instrumental | Tripolisem |
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tripolis n (proper noun, genitive Tripolis' or (with an article) Tripolis)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.po.lis/, [ˈt̪rɪpɔlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.po.lis/, [ˈt̪riːpolis]
Proper noun edit
Tripolis f sg (genitive Tripolis or Tripoleos); third declension
- Tripoli (a city in modern Libya)
- Tripoli (a city in modern Lebanon)
- Tripoli (city in Thessaly, modern Greece)
- The name of several settlements in the Hellenistic world.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Tripolis |
Genitive | Tripolis Tripoleos |
Dative | Tripolī |
Accusative | Tripolim Tripolin |
Ablative | Tripolī |
Vocative | Tripolis Tripolī |
Locative | Tripolī |
Note: Tripoleos is only attested postclassically.
References edit
- “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.
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Tripolis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).
Proper noun edit
Tripolis m
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Tripolis m inan (genitive singular Tripolisu, declension pattern of dub)
References edit
- “Tripolis”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024