Hierosolyma

English

Etymology

From Latin Hierosolyma, from Ancient Greek Ἱεροσόλυμα (Hierosóluma). Doublet of Jerusalem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌhaɪɹoʊˈsɒləmə/, /ˌhaɪɹəˈsɒləmə/

Proper noun

Hierosolyma

1. 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.e.roˈso.ly.ma/, [hiɛrɔˈs̠ɔlʲʏmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.e.roˈso.li.ma/, [ieroˈs̬ɔːlimä]

Proper noun

Hierosolyma n or f (variously declined, genitive Hierosolymōrum or Hierosolymae); second declension, first declension

1. Jerusalem

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter) or first-declension noun, with locative.

Case	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

• hierosolymītānus

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.