Hierapolis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ἱεράπολις (Hierápolis).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) 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.
| Case | 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