Pentapolis
See also: pentapolis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Πεντάπολις (Pentápolis).
Proper noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
- “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.