Ἱεράπολις

Ancient Greek

proper noun

Definitions

Hierapolis, a city in Anatolia.

Etymology

Affix from Ancient Greek ἱερός (holy, sacred, supernatural, holy sign) + Ancient Greek πόλις (city, city state, city-state, fortified town).

Origin

Ancient Greek

πόλις

Gloss

city, city state, city-state, fortified town

Concept

Semantic Field

Modern world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

`Kanji`

市

Emoji

🌆 🏙️

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-polis English
Indianapolis English
hiera picra English
hierography English
hierophany English
policlinic English
-polis Latin
Hierapolis Latin
hierographicus Latin
politia Latin
Polis German
-poli Italian
iero- Italian
polis Spanish, Castilian
-ίτης Ancient Greek
Δεκάπολις Ancient Greek
Κωνσταντινούπολις Ancient Greek
Νικόπολις Ancient Greek
Τρίπολις Ancient Greek
Χρυσόπολις Ancient Greek
δίπολις Ancient Greek
πολίζειν Ancient Greek
πολίτης Ancient Greek
πολιορκία Ancient Greek
πόλις Ancient Greek
πόλισμα Ancient Greek
ἀκρόπολις Ancient Greek
ἀρχός Ancient Greek
Ἁδριανούπολις Ancient Greek
ἑλέπολις Ancient Greek
Ἑρμόπολις Ancient Greek
ἱέρεια Ancient Greek
ἱεράρχης Ancient Greek
ἱεραρχία Ancient Greek
ἱεροβοτάνη Ancient Greek
ἱεροθήκη Ancient Greek
ἱεροφάντης Ancient Greek
ἱεροφύλαξ Ancient Greek
ἱερόγλυφος Ancient Greek
ἱερόδουλος Ancient Greek
ἱερόμυρτος Ancient Greek
ἱερός Ancient Greek
Ἰωνόπολις Ancient Greek
Ἱεροκλῆς Ancient Greek
Ἱεροφῶν Ancient Greek
Ἱερώνυμος Ancient Greek
*ish₁ros Proto-Indo-European
Florianópolis Portuguese
Konstantinopel Danish
hierarki Danish
hieroglyf Danish
poliklinika Czech
polis Czech
Κωνσταντινούπολις Greek (modern)
יְרוּשָׁלַיִם Hebrew (modern)
ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ Coptic
σεβαστός grc-koi
σεβᾰστός grc-koi
*ptólis Proto-Hellenic
mini Dakota
בולי Yevanic