Hierosolyma

Latin

Alternative forms

Hierosolymae (-arum, f) (New Latin)
Hierusalem (Late Latin)
Jerusalem (n, indecl.)

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἱεροσόλυμα (Hierosóluma), from the Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם‎ (Yerushaláyim) (influenced by Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”)).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /hi.e.roˈso.ly.ma/, [hi.ɛ.rɔˈsɔ.lʏ.ma]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈso.li.ma/, [i.e.roˈsoː.li.ma]

Proper noun

Hierosolyma n pl (genitive Hierosolymōrum); second declension

Jerusalem

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case	Plural
nominative	Hierosolyma
genitive	Hierosolymōrum
dative	Hierosolymīs
accusative	Hierosolyma
ablative	Hierosolymīs
vocative	Hierosolyma
locative	Hierosolymīs

Proper noun

Hierosolyma f (genitive Hierosolymae); first declension

Jerusalem

Derived terms

hierosolymītānus

References

Hierosolyma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Hierosolyma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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