πεντάπολις

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Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)

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Full diacritics: πεντάπολις Medium diacritics: πεντάπολις Low diacritics: πεντάπολις Capitals: ΠΕΝΤΑΠΟΛΙΣ
Transliteration A: pentápolis Transliteration B: pentapolis Transliteration C: pentapolis Beta Code: penta/polis

English (LSJ)

εως, Ion. ιος, ἡ,

   A league of five cities, Hdt.1.144, LXX Wi.10.6, Str.6.2.4, POsl.1.300 : metaph., of the five senses, Ph. 2.22.

German (Pape)

[Seite 557] ἡ, Fünfstadt, Her. 1, 144.