Hierapolis

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἱεράπολις (Hierápolis). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hi.ɛˈraː.pɔ.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.eˈraː.po.lis] === 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. ==== Related terms ==== Hierāpolītae === 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