Pentapolis
From LSJ
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Pentăpŏlis: is, f., = Πεντάπολις.
I A district of five towns on the Dead Sea, Sol. 35; Vulg. Sap. 10, 6.—
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
Pentăpŏlis, is, f. (Πεντάπολις), la Pentapole [ancienne contrée de la Palestine] : Sol. 35 || ancienne contrée de la Cyrénaïque : Rufius Fest. Brev. 13 || -tānus, a, um, de la Pentapole (Cyrénaïque) : Plin. 5, 31.
