Hierapolis
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Ἱεράπολις (Hierápolis).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /hi.eˈraː.po.lis/, [hiɛˈräːpɔlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.eˈra.po.lis/, [ieˈräːpolis]
Proper noun
[edit]Hierāpolis f sg (genitive Hierāpolis); third declension
- A town of Phrygia situated between the rivers Lycus and Maeander
- A city in Syria situated on the road from Antiochia to Mesopotamia
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hierāpolis |
| genitive | Hierāpolis |
| dative | Hierāpolī |
| accusative | Hierāpolim Hierāpolin |
| ablative | Hierāpolī |
| vocative | Hierāpolis Hierāpolī |
| locative | Hierāpolī |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “Hierapolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Hierapolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Hierapolis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly