Hierosolyma
English
Etymology
From Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἱεροσόλυμα (Hierosóluma). Doublet of Jerusalem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌhaɪɹoʊˈsɒləmə/, /ˌhaɪɹəˈsɒləmə/
Proper noun
Hierosolyma
- Synonym of Jerusalem, especially in the context of the Crusades and Ancient Rome.
Latin
Alternative forms
- Hierosolymae (-arum, f) (New Latin)
- Hierusalem (Late Latin)
- Jerusalem (n, indecl.)
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Ἱεροσόλυμα (Hierosóluma), from the Biblical Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushaláyim) (influenced by Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “sacred, holy”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hi.ɛ.rɔˈsɔ.ly.ma]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.e.roˈs̬ɔː.li.ma]
Proper noun
Hierosolyma n or f (genitive Hierosolymōrum or Hierosolymae); variously declined, second declension, first declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter) or first-declension noun, with locative.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hierosolyma | Hierosolyma |
| genitive | Hierosolymae | Hierosolymōrum |
| dative | Hierosolymae | Hierosolymīs |
| accusative | Hierosolymam | Hierosolyma |
| ablative | Hierosolymā | Hierosolymīs |
| vocative | Hierosolyma | Hierosolyma |
| locative | Hierosolymae | Hierosolymīs |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Polish: Jerozolima
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.