Heracleopolis

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

Hērāclĕŏpŏlis, is, f., = Ἡρακλέους πόλις,

I a city of Egypt upon an ancient island of the Nile , which has become part of its western bank , now Ahnas , Mart. Cap. 6, § 676.

II —Hence, Hērāclĕŏpŏlītes , ae, adj., of Heracleopolis : nomos, Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 84.— Plur. subst. : Hērāclĕŏpŏlī-tae , ārum, m., the inhabitants of Heracleopolis , Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 86.

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