Hierapolis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱεράπολις (Hierápolis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hi.ɛˈraː.pɔ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.eˈraː.po.lis]

Proper noun

Hierāpolis f sg (genitive Hierāpolis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hierāpolis
genitive	Hierāpolis
dative	Hierāpolī
accusative	Hierāpolim Hierāpolin
ablative	Hierāpolī
vocative	Hierāpolis Hierāpolī
locative	Hierāpolī

Related terms

• 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