Heliopolis

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Hēlĭŏpŏlis, is, f., = Ἡλιόπολις.

I A city of Lower Egypt , Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Macr. S. 1, 23, 10.—

B Derivv.

1 Hē-lĭŏpŏlītes , ae, adj., of or belonging to Heliopolis , Heliopolite : nomos, Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49: Zeus, an Assyrian designation of Sol, acc. to Macr. S. 1, 23; cf. in the foll.—Subst.: Hēlĭŏpŏlītae , ārum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Heliopolis , Heliopolites , Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 197.—

2 Hēlĭŏpŏlītānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Heliopolis , Heliopolitan : civitas, Amm. 17, 4: JVPPITER, Inscr. Orell. 1234; 1246.—Subst.: Hēlĭŏ-pŏlītāni , ōrum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Heliopolis , Heliopolitans , Inscr. ap. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 542.—

II A city of Coelesyria , at the foot of Libanus , now Baalbek , Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; Tac. A. 6, 28.

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