Heraclea

English

Alternative forms

• Herakleia
• Heracleia
• Heraclia

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hēraclēa, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλεια (Hērákleia).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhɛɹəˈkliːə/

Proper noun

Heraclea

1. (historical) The name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles.

Translations

name of numerous Hellenistic cities

• Armenian: Հերակլեա (Heraklea)
• Greek: Ηράκλεια (el) (Irákleia)

  Ancient: Ἡράκλεια (Hērákleia)

• Italian: Eraclea (it)
• Latin: Hēraclēa
• Russian: Геракле́я (Gerakléja)
• Turkish: Ereğli (tr)

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɾəˈkle.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [e.ɾaˈkle.a]

Proper noun

Heraclea f

1. (historical) Heraclea (the name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles)

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλεια (Hērákleia).

Proper noun

Hēraclēa f sg (genitive Hēraclēae); first declension

1. Heraclea (the name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles):
   1. Heraclea Lucania, in modern Policoro, Italy
   2. Heraclea Sintica, in modern Bulgaria
   3. Heraclea Cybistra, the modern Ereğli, Turkey
   4. Heraclea Minoa, in Sicily

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hēraclēa
Genitive	Hēraclēae
Dative	Hēraclēae
Accusative	Hēraclēam
Ablative	Hēraclēā
Vocative	Hēraclēa
Locative	Hēraclēae

References

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