Heliogabalus

From LSJ

αἱ μέν ἀποφάσεις ἐπί τῶν θείων ἀληθεῖς, αἱ δέ καταφάσεις ἀνάρμοστοι τῇ κρυφιότητι τῶν ἀποῤῥήτων → as concerns the things of the gods, negative pronouncements are true, but positive ones are inadequate to their hidden character

Source

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Hēlĭŏgăbălus: (Elagab-), i, m.,
I a Roman emperor, Aur. Vict. Caes. 23; Spart. Car. 11 al.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Hēlĭŏgăbălus, ī, m., Héliogabale, empereur romain : Spart. Carac. 11 ; Aur. Vict. Cæs. 23.

Latin > German (Georges)

Hēliogabalus, ī, m., Varius, röm. Kaiser (v. 218–222 n. Chr), als solcher auch M. Aurelius Antoninus u. bl. M. Antonius od. Heliogabalus Antoninus gen., Lampr. Heliog. 1 sqq. Aur. Vict. de Caes. 23, 1. Eutr. 8, 22. Oros. 7, 18, 5. Serv. Verg. Aen. 7, 180.

Spanish (DGE)

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• Alolema(s): Ἐλεγάβαλος D.C.78.31.1; Ἐλαιαγάβαλος Hdn.5.3.4, 5.7
Elagábalo
1 sobrenombre griego de una divinidad solar siria con sede en Emesa τοῦ Ἡλίου, ὃν Ἐλεγάβαλον ἐπικαλοῦσι D.C.l.c., Θεὸς Ἥλιος Ἐλαγάβαλος SEG 33.1254 (Emesa III d.C.), 17.616 (Panfilia III d.C.).
2 sobrenombre del emperador romano Marco Aurelio Antonino (218-222 d.C.), tb. conocido como Heliogábalo, Hdn.ll.cc., Phot.Bibl.35b3.

Wikipedia EN

Elagabalus (/ˌɛləˈɡæbələs/), Aelagabalus, Heliogabalus, (/ˌhiːliəˈɡæbələs/) or simply Elagabal (Aramaic: 𐡁𐡋𐡄𐡂𐡀𐡋 ʾĕlāhgabāl or 𐡁𐡋𐡄𐡀𐡂𐡀𐡋 ʾĕlāhaʾgabāl; Arabic: إله الجبل Ilah al-Jabal, both literally meaning "God of the Mountain") was an Arab-Roman sun god, initially venerated in Emesa (modern-day Homs), Syria. Although there were many variations of the name, the god was consistently referred to as Elagabalus in Roman coins and inscriptions from AD 218 on, during the reign of emperor Elagabalus.


Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, c. 204 – 13 March 222), better known by his posthumous nicknames Elagabalus (/ˌɛləˈɡæbələs/ EL-ə-GAB-ə-ləs) and Heliogabalus (/ˌhiːliə-, -lioʊ-/ HEE-lee-ə-, -⁠lee-oh-), was Roman emperor from 218 to 222, while he was still a teenager. His short reign was notorious for religious controversy and alleged sexual debauchery. A close relative to the Severan dynasty, he came from a prominent Syrian Arab family in Emesa (Homs), Syria, where he served as the head priest of the sun god Elagabal from a young age. After the death of his cousin, the emperor Caracalla, Elagabalus was raised to the principate at 14 years of age in an army revolt instigated by his grandmother Julia Maesa against Caracalla's short-lived successor, Macrinus. He only posthumously became known by the Latinised name of his god.