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Trĭpŏlis, is, f., = Τρίπολις (prop. threetown), the name of several districts of country and of towns.

  1. I. A district of Thessaly, Liv. 42, 53, 6.
    Hence, Trĭpŏlĭtānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tripolis: ager, Liv. 36, 10, 5.
  2. II. A country of Africa, Sol. 27.
    Hence, Trĭpŏlĭtānus, a, um, adj., of Tripolis, Eutr. 8, 10.
  3. III. A town of Phœnicia, Mel. 1, 12, 3; Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78
  4. IV. A district of Laconia, near Tegea, including the cities of Belmina, Carystus, and Pellene, Liv. 35, 27, 9.
    Hence, Trĭpŏlĭtĭcus, a, um, adj., of Tripolis: vinum, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 74.

† trĭpŏlĭum, ii, n., = τριπόλιον, a plant growing on cliffs, Plin. 26, 7, 22, § 39.