Heliogabalus

English right|thumb|Bust of Heliogabalus (emperor)|200px Etymology en la Hēliogabalus, a Greek form of Elagabalus, with the first element (and the god) identified with Helios. Pronunciation en /ˌhiː.li.əʊˈɡæb.ə.ləs/ RP hē'lēəgăbʹələs US, en /ˌhiː.li.əˈɡæb.ə.ləs/ hē'lēōgăbʹələs US, en /ˌhiː.li.oʊˈɡæb.ə.ləs/ en en-us-Heliogabalus.ogg US en He li o gab a lus Proper noun en Elagabalus Roman emperor, noted for decadence, eccentricity, femininity, and disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos. en 1689 w:John Locke s:An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II, ch xxvii But yet I think nobody, could he be sure that the soul of Heliogabalus were in one of his hogs, would yet say that hog were a man or Heliogabalus. III I spent five days in conversing with many others of the ancient learned. I saw most of the first Roman emperors. I prevailed on the governor to call up Heliogabalus's cooks to dress us a dinner, but they could not show us much of their skill, for want of materials. I I The Introduction to the Work, or Bill of Fare to the Feaſt 5 How pleaſed therefore will the Reader be to find, that we have, in the following Work, adhered cloſely to one of the higheſt Principles of the beſt Cook which the preſent Age, or perhaps that of Heliogabalus, hath produced. This great Man, as is well known to all polite Lovers of eating, begins at firſt by ſetting plain Things before his hungry Gueſts, riſing afterwards by Degrees, as their Stomachs may be ſuppoſed to decreaſe, to the very Quinteſſence of Sauce and Spices. I am the very pattern of a modern major-general 16 I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus, en Elagabalus sun deity. Synonyms emperor, deity en Elagabalus Translations emperor, deity Elagabalus Arabic: ar إِيل جَبَل m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 埃拉伽巴路斯 āi lā jiā bā lùsī Esperanto: eo Elagabalo French: fr Héliogabale m Middle French: frm Heliogabale m Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Ἡλιογάβαλος m Italian: it Eliogabalo m Japanese: ja ヘリオガバルス heriogabarusu Latin: la Hēliogabalus m Polish: pl Heliogabal m-pr Portuguese: pt Heliogábalo m Russian: ru Гелиогаба́л m Spanish: es Heliogábalo m Thai: th เอลากาบาลุส Ukrainian: uk Геліогабал m References en Individuals Roman Empire Latin Pronunciation Hēliogabalus Proper noun Hēliogabalus<2> m la Elagabalus Declension Hēliogabalus<2> Descendants en Heliogabalus 1 it Eliogabalo frm Heliogabale pt Heliogábalo es Heliogábalo Further reading Hēlĭŏgăbălus la Individuals