Hierusalem

Latin

Alternative forms

Hierosolyma, Jerosolyma (-orum, n)
Hierosolyma, Jerosolyma (-ae, f)
Hierosolymae (-arum, f) (New Latin)
Jerusalem (n, indecl.)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱεροσόλυμα (Hierosóluma), from Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם‎ (y'rushaláyim, “Jerusalem”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /hi.eˈruː.sa.leːm/, [hi.ɛˈruː.sa.ɫeːm]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.eˈru.sa.lem/, [i.eˈruː.sa.lem]

Proper noun

Hierūsalēm n (indeclinable)

Jerusalem
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 1:1
  anno tertio regni Ioachim regis Iuda venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Hierusalem et obsedit eam
  In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

References

Hierusalem in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Venetian

Proper noun

Hierusalem

Jerusalem

Synonyms

Gerusaleme

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