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Pentapolis (c.1230)

Pentapolis (c.1230)

Pentaple,  Pentapolim  (Pentalpe)  
  FEW:  pente *8,206b Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  pentapolis n.  MED: DMLBS:
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The word derives from Greek πενταπολις and seems to have been used for a variety of regions or territories made up of five major cities.

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1Bibl.toponymtheol.Pentapolis, region formed by five cities in Galilee
( c.1300; MS: s.xiv1/4 )  La outre en Galilee [...] Si a la une pais Ke a noun Pentapolis  Div Mun 745
2Bibl.toponymtheol.Pentapolis, region of Sodom, Gomorrah, Segor, Admah and Zeboim
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Ilokes est Pentapolis, Cinz citez furent ja de pris: Sodome e Gomorre i furent ja, E trois altres ke Deu nea Par feu e sulphre tut ardant  Pet Phil 837
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  De Pentapoli. Pentalpe est une region entre Arabie e Palestine, si est issi apelee aprés les .v. citez ke jadis i furent, car 'penta' en greu vaut autant cum '.v.' en franceis. Ceste terre fu jadis meillur e plus plentivuse [...] Mes pur le ordur del peché ke home i fist est tute la terre turnee en une morte mer  Liv Regions 37
3toponymWestern Pentapolis, Greek colonies in the Roman Province of Cyrenaica in Northern Africa: Cyrene and its port Apollonia, Ptolemais, Barca, Balagrae and Berenice
( c.1230; MS: 1275-85 )  Iceste reest Pentapolis, De cinc citez dite jadis: Beronice, Arsinoé, E Ptolomaide la cité, E Cyrene e Apolonie, Des cinc citez n'i falt mie  Pet Phil 1211
( s.xiii3/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  U ne autre Tripolitane est en Auffrike, si est issi apelee pur treis citez k'il i ad. Si est ceste region entre Pentaple e Besance  Liv Regions 45

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Pentapolis