Heraea

English

Proper noun

Heraea

1. Heraea (a city in Arcadia, Greece)
2. The Heraean Games

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡραία (Hēraía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heːˈrae̯.a/, [heːˈräe̯ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈre.a/, [eˈrɛːä]

Proper noun

Hēraea f sg (genitive Hēraeae); first declension

1. A city of Arcadia situated on the river Alpheus near the borders with Elis
2. Hybla Heraea, one of the ancient city of Sicily, named after the goddess Hybla; probably located in the vicinity of today's Ragusa.

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hēraea
Genitive	Hēraeae
Dative	Hēraeae
Accusative	Hēraeam
Ablative	Hēraeā
Vocative	Hēraea
Locative	Hēraeae

Related terms

• Hēraeātis

References

• “Heraea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Heraea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Heraea”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly