pentapolitanadj.

Brit.

/ˌpɛntəˈpɒlᵻt(ə)n/, U.S.

/ˌpɛn(t)əˈpɑlətn/,

/ˌpɛn(t)əˈpɑlədən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: Latin pentapolitanus.

Etymology: < classical Latin pentapolitanus of or belonging to a pentapolis ( < ancient Greek πεντάπολις pentapolis n. + classical Latin -itānus -itan suffix), originally after French Pentapolitain (1686 in the passage translated in quot. 1703). Compare earlier metropolitan n.

Of or relating to a pentapolis.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [adjective] > of or relating to a confederation of states > relating to confederacy of five cities

pentapolitan1703

1703 tr. U. Chevreau Hist. World 1. 283 Egypt is bordered..on the West with the Cyrenaick or Pentapolitan [Fr. Pentapolitaine] Province, so called from its five Cities.

1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. vi. 159 Did the Pentapolitan wheat-ships go to Rome?

1972 Geogr. Rev. 62 124 By 1969 its population had reached 32,000,..and its share of the pentapolitan total had increased to 60 percent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pentapolitan
释义	pentapolitanadj. Brit. /ˌpɛntəˈpɒlᵻt(ə)n/, U.S. /ˌpɛn(t)əˈpɑlətn/, /ˌpɛn(t)əˈpɑlədən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: Latin pentapolitanus. Etymology: < classical Latin pentapolitanus of or belonging to a pentapolis ( < ancient Greek πεντάπολις pentapolis n. + classical Latin -itānus -itan suffix), originally after French Pentapolitain (1686 in the passage translated in quot. 1703). Compare earlier metropolitan n. Of or relating to a pentapolis. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [adjective] > of or relating to a confederation of states > relating to confederacy of five cities pentapolitan1703 1703 tr. U. Chevreau Hist. World 1. 283 Egypt is bordered..on the West with the Cyrenaick or Pentapolitan [Fr. Pentapolitaine] Province, so called from its five Cities. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia II. vi. 159 Did the Pentapolitan wheat-ships go to Rome? 1972 Geogr. Rev. 62 124 By 1969 its population had reached 32,000,..and its share of the pentapolitan total had increased to 60 percent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1703
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