Tripolis
See also: tripolis
English
Proper noun
Tripolis
- Former name of Tripoli, Greece.
Czech
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Τρίπολις (Trípolis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtrɪpolɪs]
Proper noun
Tripolis m inan
- Tripoli (the capital of Libya)
- Tripolis je nevěsta Středomoří. ― Tripoli is the bride of the Mediterranean.
Declension
Declension of Tripolis
| singulare tantum | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Tripolis |
| genitive | Tripolisu |
| dative | Tripolisu |
| accusative | Tripolis |
| vocative | Tripolise |
| locative | Tripolisu |
| instrumental | Tripolisem |
Related terms
- Libye
- libyjský
- Libyjec
Further reading
- Tripolis in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- Tripolis in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʁiːpolɪs/
Audio (file)
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) IPA(key): /ˈtri.po.lis/, [ˈt̪rɪpɔlʲɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtri.po.lis/, [ˈt̪riːpolis]
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.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Tripolis |
| Genitive | Tripolis Tripoleos |
| Dative | Tripolī |
| Accusative | Tripolim Tripolin |
| Ablative | Tripolī |
| Vocative | Tripolis Tripolī |
| Locative | Tripolī |
Note: Tripoleos is only attested postclassically.
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): [ˈtripolis]
Proper noun
Tripolis m (genitive singular Tripolisu, declension pattern of dub)
- Tripoli (the capital of Libya)
References
- Tripolis in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk