Τριπολίτης

Ancient Greek

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

First declension of ὁ Τριπολίτης; τοῦ Τριπολίτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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 tōî Tripolítēi	τοῖν Τριπολίταιν toîn Tripolítain	τοῖς Τριπολίταις toîs Tripolítais
Accusative	τὸν Τριπολίτην tòn Tripolítēn	τὼ Τριπολίτᾱ tṑ Tripolítā	τοὺς Τριπολίτᾱς toùs Tripolítās
Vocative	Τριπολίτᾰ Tripolítă	Τριπολίτᾱ Tripolítā	Τριπολίται Tripolítai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.