τρίπολις
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
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.
