Hierapolis

From Ancient Greek Ἱεράπολις (Hierápolis).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hi.ɛˈraː.pɔ.lɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [i.eˈraː.po.lis]

Hierāpolis f sg (genitive Hierāpolis); third declension

1. A town of Phrygia situated between the rivers Lycus and Maeander
2. a city in Syria situated on the road from Antiochia to Mesopotamia

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

• Hierāpolītae

• “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