Heraclea
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Hēraclēa, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλεια (Hērákleia).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Heraclea
- (historical) The name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles.
Translations[edit]
name of numerous Hellenistic cities
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Heraclea f
- (historical) Heraclea (the name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles)
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλεια (Hērákleia).
Proper noun[edit]
Hēraclēa f sg (genitive Hēraclēae); first declension
- Heraclea (the name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles):
- Heraclea Lucania, in modern Policoro, Italy
- Heraclea Sintica, in modern Bulgaria
- Heraclea Cybistra, the modern Ereğli, Turkey
- Heraclea Minoa, in Sicily
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Hēraclēa |
Genitive | Hēraclēae |
Dative | Hēraclēae |
Accusative | Hēraclēam |
Ablative | Hēraclēā |
Vocative | Hēraclēa |
Locative | Hēraclēae |
References[edit]
- “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.
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