Heliogabalus

English

Bust of Heliogabalus

Etymology

A Greek form of Elagabalus, with the first element (and the god) identified with Helios.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌhiː.li.əʊˈɡæb.ə.ləs/
• (US) enPR: hē'lēəgăbʹələs, IPA^(key): /ˌhiː.li.əˈɡæb.ə.ləs/
• (US) enPR: hē'lēōgăbʹələs, IPA^(key): /ˌhiː.li.oʊˈɡæb.ə.ləs/

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• Hyphenation: He‧li‧o‧gab‧a‧lus

Proper noun

Heliogabalus

1. Synonym of Elagabalus (“Roman emperor, noted for decadence, eccentricity, femininity, and disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos”).
   • 1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Book II, ch xxvii:

     But yet I think nobody, could he be sure that the soul of Heliogabalus were in one of his hogs, would yet say that hog were a man or Heliogabalus.

   • 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan):

     I spent five days in conversing with many others of the ancient learned. I saw most of the first Roman emperors. I prevailed on the governor to call up Heliogabalus's cooks to dress us a dinner, but they could not show us much of their skill, for want of materials.

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, “The Introduction to the Work, or Bill of Fare to the Feaſt”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume I, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book I, page 5:

     How pleaſed therefore will the Reader be to find, that we have, in the following Work, adhered cloſely to one of the higheſt Principles of the beſt Cook which the preſent Age, or perhaps that of Heliogabalus, hath produced. This great Man, as is well known to all polite Lovers of eating, begins at firſt by ſetting plain Things before his hungry Gueſts, riſing afterwards by Degrees, as their Stomachs may be ſuppoſed to decreaſe, to the very Quinteſſence of Sauce and Spices.

   • 1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, “I am the very pattern of a modern major-general”, in The Pirates of Penzance  […], Philadelphia: J.M. Stoddart & Co., published 1880, →OCLC, page 16:

     I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,

2. Synonym of Elagabalus (“sun deity”).

Synonyms

• Elagabalus

Translations

a Roman emperor — see also Elagabalus

• Arabic: إِيل جَبَل m (ʔīl jabal)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃拉伽巴路斯 (āi lā jiā bā lùsī)

• Esperanto: Elagabalo
• French: Héliogabale m
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Ἡλιογάβαλος m (Hēliogábalos)

• Italian: Eliogabalo m
• Japanese: ヘリオガバルス (heriogabarusu)
• Latin: Heliogabalus m
• Portuguese: Heliogábalo m
• Russian: Гелиогабал m (Geliogabal)
• Spanish: Heliogábalo m
• Thai: เอลากาบาลุส
• Ukrainian: Геліогабал m (Heliohabal)