Pentapolis, A countrey betweene Palestina & Arabia, wherein were the Cities of Sodome and Gomo burned by the vengeaunce of God, for sinne against nature.Pentelici Hermæ, Were little Images of Mercurius made of Marble, called Pentelicus, which was one of the fayrest stones that Images might be made of.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Pentăpŏlis, is, f., = *penta/polis. I.A district of five towns on the Dead Sea, Sol. 35; Vulg. Sap. 10, 6.—II.A district of Cyrene, on the Libyan Sea, Sex. Ruf. Brev. 13; Sen. Verg. A. 4, 42.—Hence, Pentă-pŏlĭtānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Pentapolis, i. e. to Cyrene, Cyrenaic: regio, Plin. 5, 5, 5, 31.