Tripolis, is, f., = Τρίπολις (prop. threetown), the name of several districts of country and of towns. A district of Thessaly, Liv. 42, 53, 6.
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Hence, Tripolitānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tripolis: ager, Liv. 36, 10, 5.
— A country of Africa, Sol. 27.
—Hence, Tripolitānus, a, um, adj., of Tripolis, Eutr. 8, 10.
— A town of Phaenicia, Mel. 1, 12, 3; Plin. 5, 20, 17, § 78
— A district of Laconia, near Tegea, including the cities of Belmina, Carystus, and Pellene, Liv. 35, 27, 9.
— Hence, Tripoliticus, a, um, adj., of Tripolis: vinum, Plin. 14, 7, 9, § 74.