Heliopolis

See also: Heliópolis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hēliopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἡλίου πόλις (Hēlíou pólis, “Sun City”), from the important solar cults of Ra and Baal. Doublet of Surajpur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhiːliˈɒpəlɪs/

Proper noun

Heliopolis

1. (historical) The ancient capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo, Egypt; known in Ancient Egyptian as Iunu and in later Coptic as On.
2. (historical) An ancient city in modern Lebanon; modern Baalbek.
3. A suburb of Cairo, Egypt.
4. A suburb of Athens, Greece.

Synonyms

• (Ancient Egyptian city): Iunu, Iwnw, On, Awen, Heliopolis in Augustamnica
• (Ancient Syrian city): Heliopolis Syriaca, Heliopolis in Syra, Heliopolis in Coelosyria, Heliopolis in Phoenicia

Translations

Ancient Egyptian city

• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: Արեգ քաղաք (Areg kʻałakʻ)

• Coptic: ⲱⲛ (ōn)
• Egyptian: (jwnw)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἡλίου πόλις f (Hēlíou pólis)

• Hebrew: אָוֶן (he) (āwen)
• Latin: Hēliopolis

Ancient Syrian city

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡλιούπολις (Hēlioúpolis, “city of the sun”).

Proper noun

Hēliopolis f sg (genitive Hēliopolis or Hēliopoleos or Hēliopolios); third declension

1. Heliopolis (an ancient city in Lower Egypt, near modern Cairo, Egypt)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hēliopolis
Genitive	Hēliopolis Hēliopoleos Hēliopolios
Dative	Hēliopolī
Accusative	Hēliopolim Hēliopolin
Ablative	Hēliopolī
Vocative	Hēliopolis Hēliopolī
Locative	Hēliopolī

The inflected forms Hēliopoleos, Hēliopolios, and Hēliopolin are only attested postclassically.

References

• “Heliopolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Heliopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.