τρίπολις
πρὸ συντριβῆς ἡγεῖται ὕβρις → pride goeth before destruction, pride comes before a fall, pride goes before a fall, pride goeth before a fall, pride wenteth before a fall, pride cometh before a fall, pride comes before the fall
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.
