τρίπολις
From LSJ
ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ· τὴν μὲν χρόαν ἰδεῖν ὁμοιόν ἔστι θάλπει δ' οὐδαμῶς → like the moon to the sun: its color is similar to the eye, but it does not give off any heat
English (LSJ)
εως, Ion. ιος, ὁ, ἡ,
A with three cities, νᾶσος, of Rhodes, Pi.O.7.18, cf. Scyl.99, al. 2 Τρίπολις, ἡ, league of three cities, as in Achaea, Plb.4.81.7, etc.; in Arcadia, Paus.8.27.4; in Phoenicia, D.S.16.41, etc. II a kind of cake, Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1146] ὁ, ἡ, 1) drei Städte habend, νῆσος Pind. Ol. 7, 18. – 2) ἡ τρίπολις, die Dreistadt, Verein dreier Städte; s. auch nom. pr.
