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Hĭĕrŏsŏlyma , ōrum, n. (secondary forms;
I.v. infra), = Ἱεροσόλυμα, the city of Jerusalem, in Palestine, Plin. 5, 14, 15, § 70; Cic. Fl. 28, 67 sq.; Tac. H. 2, 4; 5, 1; 8; 9; Suet. Ner. 40; id. Tit. 5; Flor. 3, 5, 30.— Also, fem. acc.: Hĭĕrŏsŏlymam , Flor. 3, 5, 30; cf. Vulg. Matt. 16, 21; Marc. 10, 32 sq.; Lact. Epit. 46, 7.—In neutr.: Hiĕrū^-sălem , Prud. Psych. 811; Lact. de Pass. Chr. 25; and in many other eccl. fathers. —Also abbrev.: Sŏlyma , ōrum, n., Mart. 11, 65, 5, acc. to Tac.; “so called from the Solymi, a people of Lycia,” Tac. H. 5, 2 fin.; cf. Plin. 5, 27, 24, § 94.—
II. Derivv.
A. Hĭĕrŏsŏlymārĭus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Jerusalem; a surname given to Pompey after taking Jerusalem: “ut sciat hic noster Hierosolymarius traductor ad plebem,” Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.—
B. Hĭĕrŏsŏ-lymītānus , a, um, adj., of Jerusalem: regnum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 17, 21.—Sŏly-mus , a, um, adj., pertaining to Jerusalem: “leges,” i. e. of the Jews, Juv. 6, 544.
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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