Heliopolis

See also: Heliópolis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hēliopolis, from Ancient Greek Ἡλιούπολις (Hēlioúpolis, “Sun City”), from the important solar cults of Ra and Baal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌhiːliˈɒpəlɪs/[1]

Proper noun

Heliopolis

  1. (historical) Iunu or On, the capital of the 13th nome of Lower Egypt in antiquity, located in the northern suburbs of modern Cairo.
  2. (historical) The city now known as Baalbek, Lebanon.
  3. A suburb of Cairo, Egypt.
  4. 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

References

  1. ↑ "Heliopolis" in Oxford Dictionaries.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡλιούπολις (Hēlioúpolis, “city of the sun”).

Proper noun

Hēliopolis f (genitive Hēliopolis or Hēliopoleos or Hēliopolios); third declension

  1. Heliopolis (city in Ancient Egypt)

Declension

Third declension, with locative.

Case Singular
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

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