Heliopolis
See also: Heliópolis
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Proper noun edit
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 edit
- (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 edit
Ancient Egyptian city
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Ancient Syrian city
References edit
- ^ "Heliopolis" in Oxford Dictionaries.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡλιούπολις (Hēlioúpolis, “city of the sun”).
Proper noun edit
Hēliopolis f sg (genitive Hēliopolis or Hēliopoleos or Hēliopolios); third declension
- Heliopolis (an ancient city in Lower Egypt, near modern Cairo, Egypt)
Declension edit
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 edit
- “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.