Heraclea

== English == === Alternative forms === Herakleia Heracleia Heraclia === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Hēraclēa, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλεια (Hērákleia). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˌhɛɹəˈkliːə/ === Proper noun === Heraclea (historical) The name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles. ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ɾəˈkle.ə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [e.ɾaˈkle.a] === 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. === 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.