Heraclea
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Hēraclēa, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλεια (Hērákleia).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Heraclea
- (historical) The name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles.
Translations
name of numerous Hellenistic cities
Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Heraclea f
- (historical) Heraclea (the name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles)
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλεια (Hērákleia).
Proper noun
Hēraclēa f sg (genitive Hēraclēae); first declension
- Heraclea (the name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles):
- Heraclea Lucania, in modern Policoro, Italy
- Heraclea Sintica, in modern Bulgaria
- Heraclea Cybistra, the modern Ereğli, Turkey
- Heraclea Minoa, in Sicily
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Hēraclēa |
| genitive | Hēraclēae |
| dative | Hēraclēae |
| accusative | Hēraclēam |
| ablative | Hēraclēā |
| vocative | Hēraclēa |
| locative | Hēraclēae |
References
- “Heraclea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Heraclea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.