Heraclea

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hēraclēa, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλεια (Hērákleia).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌhɛɹəˈkliːə/

Proper noun

Heraclea

  1. (historical) The name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles.

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Heraclea f

  1. (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

  1. Heraclea (the name of numerous Hellenistic cities named after Heracles):
    1. Heraclea Lucania, in modern Policoro, Italy
    2. Heraclea Sintica, in modern Bulgaria
    3. Heraclea Cybistra, the modern Ereğli, Turkey
    4. Heraclea Minoa, in Sicily

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hēraclēa
Genitive Hēraclēae
Dative Hēraclēae
Accusative Hēraclēam
Ablative Hēraclēā
Vocative Hēraclēa
Locative Hēraclēae

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.
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