Tripolis

== English == === Etymology === 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 === Tripolis (historical) A former district of Arcadia, Greece, around the three cities of Calliae, Dipoena, and Nonacris. (historical) Former name of Tripoli, various places. (historical) Former name of Tirebolu: a town in Turkey. == Czech == === Etymology === Derived from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtrɪpolɪs] === Proper noun === Tripolis m inan (relational adjective tripoliský or tripolský) Tripoli (the capital of Libya) Tripolis je nevěsta Středomoří. ― Tripoli is the bride of the Mediterranean. ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Tripolis”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “Tripolis”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “Tripolis”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʁiːpolɪs/ === Proper noun === Tripolis n (proper noun, genitive Tripolis' or (with an article) Tripolis) Tripoli (the capital of Libya) == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtrɪ.pɔ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtriː.po.lis] === Proper noun === 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 ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only. Note: Tripoleos is only attested postclassically. ==== Descendants ==== Czech: Tripolis German: Tripolis English: Tripolis Italian: Tripoli English: Tripoli Irish: Tripilí Middle French: Triple Portuguese: Trípoli Spanish: Trípoli === References === “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 == === Etymology === From Latin Tripolis, ultimately from Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis). === Proper noun === Tripolis m Tripoli (the capital of Libya) == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tripɔʎis/, (high register) [ˈtripɔʎis], (common) [ˈtripɔlis] Rhymes: -ɔʎis Hyphenation: Tri‧po‧lis === Proper noun === Tripolis m inan (genitive singular Tripolisu, declension pattern of dub) Tripoli (the capital of Libya) === References === “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, 2003–2026