Hierusalem
Latin
Alternative forms
- Hierosolyma, Jerosolyma (-orum, n)
- Hierosolyma, Jerosolyma (-ae, f)
- Hierosolymae (-arum, f) (New Latin)
- Jerusalem (n, indecl.)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἱερουσᾱλήμ (Hierousālḗm), from Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (y'rushaláyim, “Jerusalem”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hi.eˈruː.sa.leːm/, [hiɛˈruːs̠äɫ̪eːm]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.eˈru.sa.lem/, [ieˈruːs̬älem]
Proper noun
Hierūsalēm n (indeclinable)
- Jerusalem
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 1:1
- anno tertio regni Ioachim regis Iuda venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Hierusalem et obsedit eam
- In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
- anno tertio regni Ioachim regis Iuda venit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis Hierusalem et obsedit eam
- 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 1:1
Descendants
- Old English: Hierusalem
- English: Jerusalem
References
- Hierusalem in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Old English
Etymology
From Latin Hierusalem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈje.ru.sɑ.lem/
Proper noun
Hierusalem ?
- Jerusalem
- 11th century, Evangelium Nichodemi, University Library, Cambridge. MS Ii.2.11, 173v
- ...hyt funde on Hierusalem on þæs Pontiscan Pilates domerne, eall swa hyt Nychodemus awrat, eall myd Ebresicum stafum on manegum bocum þus awryten.
- 11th century, Evangelium Nichodemi, University Library, Cambridge. MS Ii.2.11, 173v
Descendants
- English: Jerusalem
Venetian
Proper noun
Hierusalem
- Jerusalem (the claimed (and de-facto) capital city of Israel; the claimed capital city of Palestine)
Synonyms
- Gerusaleme