Pentapolis
Pentăpŏlis, is, f., = Πεντάπολις.
- 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; Serv. ad 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.
Pentapolis, eos, Akk. im u. in, f. (Πεντάπολις), Fünfstadt, die nach ihren fünf Hauptstädten (Apollonia, Ptolemaïs, Arsinoë, Berenice, Cyrene) seit der Herrschaft der Ptolemäer so genannte Landschaft Cyrenaïka am libyschen Meere, j. das Hochland von Barka in Tripoli, Ruf. Fest. brev. 13. Serv. Verg. Aen. 4, 42 (wo Genet. u. Akk.). Vulg. sap. 10, 6 (Akk. -im). – Dies. Pentapolitāna regio, Plin. 5, 31.
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.
PENTAPOLIS
PENTA´POLIS [CYRENAICA]
Pentapŏlis
(Πεντάπολις). The name for any association of five cities, but applied specifically to the five chief cities of Cyrenaïca in North Africa —Cyrené, Berenicé, Arsinoë, Ptolemaïs, and Apollonia.