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.
| 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.