τρίπολις
Δοὺς τῇ τύχῃ τὸ μικρὸν ἐκλήψῃ μέγα → Dans parva sorti recipies, quae magna sunt → Es zahlt das Glück dir kleinen Einsatz groß zurück
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
τρίπολις: -εως, Ἰων. -ιος, ὁ, ἡ, ὁ ἔχων τρεῖς πόλεις, νᾶσος τρ., ἡ Ρόδος, Πινδ. Ο. 7. 34. 2) Τρίπολις, ἡ, σύνδεσμος τριῶν πόλεων, ὡς ἐν τῇ Λακωνικῇ, Πολύβ. 4. 81, 7, κλπ.· ἐν Ἀρκαδίᾳ, Παυσ. 8. 27, 4· ἐν Φοινίκῃ, Στέφ. Βυζ., κλπ. ΙΙ. «εἶδος πέμματος» Ἡσύχ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
εως, ion. ιος (ὁ, ἡ)
qui contient trois villes.
Étymologie: τρεῖς, πόλις.
English (Slater)
τρῐπολις
1 with three cities τρίπολιν νᾶσον (i. e. Rhodes, with its three cities of Lindos, Kamiros, Ialysos) (O. 7.18)
