Heliopolis
See also: Heliópolis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Hēliopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἡλίου πόλις (Hēlíou pólis, “Sun City”), from the important solar cults of Ra and Baal. Doublet of Surajpur.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Heliopolis
- (historical) The ancient capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo, Egypt; known in Ancient Egyptian as Iunu and in later Coptic as On.
- (historical) An ancient city in modern Lebanon; modern Baalbek.
- A suburb of Cairo, Egypt.
- A suburb of Athens, Greece.
Synonyms
- (Ancient Egyptian city): Iunu, Iwnw, On, Awen, Heliopolis in Augustamnica
- (Ancient Syrian city): Heliopolis Syriaca, Heliopolis in Syra, Heliopolis in Coelosyria, Heliopolis in Phoenicia
Translations
Ancient Egyptian city
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Ancient Syrian city
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References
- ^ "Heliopolis" in Oxford Dictionaries.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡλιούπολις (Hēlioúpolis, “city of the sun”).
Proper noun
Hēliopolis f sg (genitive Hēliopolis or Hēliopoleos or Hēliopolios); third declension
- Heliopolis (an ancient city in Lower Egypt, near modern Cairo, Egypt)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Hēliopolis |
Genitive | Hēliopolis Hēliopoleos Hēliopolios |
Dative | Hēliopolī |
Accusative | Hēliopolim Hēliopolin |
Ablative | Hēliopolī |
Vocative | Hēliopolis Hēliopolī |
Locative | Hēliopolī |
The inflected forms Hēliopoleos, Hēliopolios, and Hēliopolin are only attested postclassically.
References
- “Heliopolis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Heliopolis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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