Hierosolyma, æ, and Hierosolyma. orum, Or after the Hebrewes Hierusalem, the chiefe citie of Iudea (as Eusebius writeth) in compasse about stxe miles and an halfe. And as the same author saith, lib. 9. Preparationis euangelice, cap. vltimo, it was called Hieron Salomonis, that is to say, Salomons temple. And after, by corrnption of speache, was called Hierusalem and Hierosolyma. But Lycanus on the xxviii. Chap. of Genesis, writeth, that it was firste built by Melchisedech, & by him called Salem, that is to say peaceable: For so muche as hee was kyng of peace and iustice. Also that it was called Solyma, Luza, also Bethel, Hierus, Hierosolyma, & Aelia. Albeit Iosephus de bello Iudaico lib. 7. cap. 26. affirmeth, that the firste builder thereof was Chanam, which made there a temple, and called it Hierosolyma, where before it was called Solyma. Saincte Hierome De locis actorum apostolorum, sayeth, that the citie was called Aelia of Aelius Adrianus the Emperour, whych eftsoones repayred it, after that it was destroyed by Citus, and made it larger. It was fiue times wasted, and at the laste destroied by Titus, after the incarnation of Christ. 73. yeares.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Hĭĕrŏsŏlma, ōrum, n. (secondary forms; v. infra), = *(ieroso/luma, 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.: Hĭĕrŏsŏlmam, 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.: Sŏlma, 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. Hĭĕrŏsŏlmārĭus, 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-lmītānus, a, um, adj., of Jerusalem: regnum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 17, 21.—Sŏl-mus, a, um, adj., pertaining to Jerusalem: leges, i. e.