Hierapolis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἱεράπολις (Hierápolis).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /hi.eˈraː.po.lis/, [hiɛˈräːpɔlʲɪs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.eˈra.po.lis/, [ieˈräːpolis]

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.

Case Singular
Nominative Hierāpolis
Genitive Hierāpolis
Dative Hierāpolī
Accusative Hierāpolim
Hierāpolin
Ablative Hierāpolī
Vocative Hierāpolis
Hierāpolī
Locative Hierāpolī
  • 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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