Hiera

See also: hiera

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἱερὰ (Hierà).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhi.e.ra/, [ˈhiɛrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈi.e.ra/, [ˈiːerä]

Proper noun

Hiera f sg (genitive Hierae); first declension

1. One of the Aegates islands, now Marettimo

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hiera
Genitive	Hierae
Dative	Hierae
Accusative	Hieram
Ablative	Hierā
Vocative	Hiera

Related terms

• Hiera Cōmē

References

• “Hĭĕra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Aegates”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Hiera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.