From Τρίπολις (Trípolis, “Tripoli”) + -της (-tēs, “forming abstract nouns”), reanalyzed as Τρίπολ-ῑ́της (Trípol-ī́tēs) (compare πολίτης (polítēs) and Latin -ī̆tānus), from τρι- (tri-, “three”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”), referring to the three cities Oea, Sabratha and Leptis Magna.
Τριπολίτης • (Tripolítēs) m (genitive Τριπολίτου); first declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Τριπολίτης ho Tripolítēs |
τὼ Τριπολίτᾱ tṑ Tripolítā |
οἱ Τριπολίται hoi Tripolítai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Τριπολίτου toû Tripolítou |
τοῖν Τριπολίταιν toîn Tripolítain |
τῶν Τριπολιτῶν tôn Tripolitôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Τριπολίτῃ tôi Tripolítēi |
τοῖν Τριπολίταιν toîn Tripolítain |
τοῖς Τριπολίταις toîs Tripolítais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Τριπολίτην tòn Tripolítēn |
τὼ Τριπολίτᾱ tṑ Tripolítā |
τοὺς Τριπολίτᾱς toùs Tripolítās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Τριπολίτᾰ Tripolíta |
Τριπολίτᾱ Tripolítā |
Τριπολίται Tripolítai | ||||||||||
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