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† Pentăpŏlis, is, f., = Πεντάπολις.

  1. I. A district of five towns on the Dead Sea, Sol. 35; Vulg. Sap. 10, 6.
  2. II. A district of Cyrene, on the Libyan Sea, Sex. Ruf. Brev. 13; Sen. Verg. A. 4, 42.
    Hence, Pentă-pŏlĭtānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pentapolis, i. e. to Cyrene, Cyrenaic: regio, Plin. 5, 5, 5, § 31.