Trĭpŏlis

I. the name of several districts of country and of towns.

I. A district of Thessaly, Liv. 42, 53, 6.—Hence, Trĭpŏlĭtānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tripolis: ager, Liv. 36, 10, 5.—

II. A country of Africa, Sol. 27.—Hence, Trĭpŏlĭtānus, a, um, adj., of Tripolis, Eutr. 8, 10.—

III. A town of Phœnicia, Mel. 1, 12, 3; Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78—

IV. A district of Laconia, near Tegea, including the cities of Belmina, Carystus, and Pellene, Liv. 35, 27, 9. — Hence, Trĭpŏlĭtĭcus, a, um, adj., of Tripolis: vinum, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 74.