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Hēlĭŏpŏlis , is, f., = Ἡλιόπολις.
I. A city of Lower Egypt, Cic. N. D. 3, 21, 54; Macr. S. 1, 23, 10.—
B. Derivv.
1. Hē-lĭŏpŏlītes , ae, adj., of or belonging to Heliopolis, Heliopolite: “nomos,” Plin. 5, 9, 9, § 49: Zeus, an Assyrian designation of Sol, acc. to Macr. S. 1, 23; cf. in the foll.—Subst.: Hēlĭŏpŏlītae , ārum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Heliopolis, Heliopolites, Plin. 36, 26, 67, § 197.—
2. Hēlĭŏpŏlītānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Heliopolis, Heliopolitan: “civitas,” Amm. 17, 4: “JVPPITER,” Inscr. Orell. 1234; 1246.—Subst.: Hēlĭŏ-pŏlītāni , ōrum, m. plur., the inhabitants of Heliopolis, Heliopolitans, Inscr. ap. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 542.—
II. A city of Cœlesyria, at the foot of Libanus, now Baalbek, Plin. 5, 22, 18, § 80; Tac. A. 6, 28.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Tacitus, Annales, 6.28
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.49
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.21
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