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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἱεράπολις (Hierápolis).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hierāpolis f sg (genitive Hierāpolis); third declension
- A town of Phrygia situated between the rivers Lycus and Maeander
- 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.
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