Hierosolyma

English

Etymology

From Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ῐ̔εροσόλῠμᾰ (Hĭerosólŭmă). Doublet of Jerusalem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪɹoʊˈsɒləmə/, /ˌhaɪɹəˈsɒləmə/

Proper noun

Hierosolyma

1. Synonym of Jerusalem, especially in the context of the Crusades and Ancient Rome.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Hierusalēm n sg, Ierusalēm n sg, Jerusalēm n sg (Late Latin)
• Hierosolymae f pl (New Latin)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῐ̔εροσόλῠμᾰ (Hĭerosólŭmă), from Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushaláyim) (influenced by Ancient Greek ῐ̔ερός (hĭerós, “sacred, holy”) and Ancient Greek Σόλυμος (Sólumos, “a mountain in Anatolia”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hi.ɛ.rɔˈsɔ.ly.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.e.roˈs̬ɔː.li.ma]

Proper noun

Hierosolyma f or n (genitive Hierosolymae or Hierosolymōrum); variously declined, first declension, second declension

1. Jerusalem

Declension

First-declension feminine noun. singular nominative Hierosolyma genitive Hierosolymae dative Hierosolymae accusative Hierosolymam ablative Hierosolymā vocative Hierosolyma locative Hierosolymae

Second-declension neuter plural noun (with singular meaning). plural nominative Hierosolyma genitive Hierosolymōrum dative Hierosolymīs accusative Hierosolyma ablative Hierosolymīs vocative Hierosolyma locative Hierosolymīs

Derived terms

• hierosolymītānus

Descendants

• → Polish: Jerozolima

References

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