Ἡράκλεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês, “Heracles”) +‎ -ῐᾰ (-ia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.rá.kleː.a/ → /iˈra.kli.a/ → /iˈra.kli.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.rá.kleː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝ˈra.kli.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈra.kli.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈra.kli.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈra.kli.a/

Proper noun

Ἡράκλειᾰ • (Hērákleia) f (genitive Ἡρακλείᾱς); first declension

1. Heraclea

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἡράκλειᾰ; τῆς Ἡρακλείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἡράκλειᾰ hē Hērákleia
Genitive	τῆς Ἡρακλείᾱς tês Hērakleíās
Dative	τῇ Ἡρακλείᾳ têi Hērakleíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἡράκλειᾰν tḕn Hērákleian
Vocative	Ἡράκλειᾰ Hērákleia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἡρακλεώτης (Hērakleṓtēs)
• Ἡρακλεῶτῐς (Hērakleôtis)

Descendants

• Greek: Ηράκλεια (Irákleia)
• Italian: Heraclea, Eraclea
• Latin: Hēraclēa, Hēraclīa
• Turkish: Ereğli

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
• Ἡράκλεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette