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Proper noun

Heraclea f

1. Heraclea

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡράκλεια ‎(Hērákleia).

Proper noun

Hēraclēa f ‎(genitive Hēraclēae); first declension

1. Multiple settlements in the Hellenistic world, especially:
   1. Heraclea Lucania, in modern Policoro, Italy
   2. Heraclea Sintica, in modern Bulgaria
   3. Heraclea Cybistra, the modern Ereğli, Turkey
   4. Heraclea Minoa, in Sicily

Declension

First declension, with locative.

References

• Heraclea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Heraclea”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.