Hierapolis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱεράπολις (Hierápolis).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hi.eˈraː.po.lis/, [hi.ɛˈraː.pɔ.lɪs]

Noun

Hierāpolis f (genitive Hierāpolis); third declension

  1. A town of Phrygia situated between the rivers Lycus and Maeander
  2. A city of Syria situated on the road from Antiochia to Mesopotamia

Inflection

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular
Nominative Hierāpolis
Genitive Hierāpolis
Dative Hierāpolī
Accusative Hierāpolem
Ablative Hierāpole
Vocative Hierāpolis
  • Hierāpolītae

References
  • 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
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