Elagabalus

English Etymology From en la Elagabalus. The emperor is named for the deity, whose name is from a Semitic language and means "god of the mountain"; see the Latin entry for more. Pronunciation ĕl'əgăbʹələs US, en /ˌɛləˈɡæbələs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-Elagabalus.wav US en El a gab a lus Proper noun The deity Elagabal, venerated in ancient times at Emesa in Syria (and later elsewhere in the Roman Empire), identified with a large black stone. en 1958 Ivar Lissner Power and Folly: The Story of the Caesars Elagabalus, who was a Sun-god and the patron deity of Emesa, was worshipped   en 2019 Elias Koulakiotis; Charlotte Dunn Political Religions in the Greco-Roman World Cambridge Scholars Publishing 9781527535404 111 Obviously, they hoped to conceal the failure of their unhappy experiment in emperorship before, when they stressed the priesthood of Syrian Emesa's main deity Elagabalus as the key factor en Ancient Rome The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (reigned 218–222), noted for eccentricity, femininity, decadence, and disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos. en-GB Esther Addley Was Roman emperor Elagabalus really trans – and does it really matter? The Guardian 2023-11-24 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/24/was-roman-emperor-elagabalus-really-trans-and-does-it-really-matter 0261-3077 Racial prejudice also played a part, says Icks: before coming to Rome to rule it, Elagabalus was a priest in an obscure cult in Syria that venerated a black stone meteorite – a culture that would have been deeply strange to the Romans. https://web.archive.org/web/20261018135423/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/nov/24/was-roman-emperor-elagabalus-really-trans-and-does-it-really-matter 18 October 2026 Synonyms Heliogabalus Derived terms en Elagabalian Translations deity Polish: pl El Gabal m-pr a Roman emperor Heliogabalus Arabic: ar إِيل جَبَل m French: fr Élagabale m Middle French: frm Elagabale m German: de Elagabal m Greek: el Ελαγάβαλος m, el Ηλιογάβαλος m Ancient Greek: grc Ἐλαγάβαλος m, grc Ἡλιογάβαλος m Italian: it Elagabalo m Japanese: ja エラガバルス eragabarusu Korean: ko 엘라가발루스 Latin: la Elagabalus m, la Hēliogabalus m Polish: pl Heliogabal m-pr Portuguese: pt Elagábalo m Russian: ru Элагаба́л m Spanish: es Elagábalo m, es Heliogábalo m References en Individuals Roman Empire Latin Alternative forms la Elagabal unadapted borrowing from Semitic la Hēliogabalus with influences from Greek grc Ἥλιος the Sun, a solar deity Etymology The emperor/empress is named after the deity, whose name is from a Semitic language, variously suggested to be (a dialectal variant of) la ar إِلٰه جَبَل god of the mountain or la syc ܐܠܗܓܒܠ ʾĔlāhgabāl deity of the mountain, possibly through la grc Ἐλαγάβαλος. Ultimately from la sem-pro *ʔil-. Pronunciation Elagabalus Proper noun Elagabalus<2> m the deity Elagabal, venerated in ancient times at Emesa in Syria (and later elsewhere in the Roman Empire), identified with a large black stone the Roman emperor (or empress) Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (reigned 218–222), noted for eccentricity, femininity, decadence, and disregard for Roman religious traditions and sexual taboos Declension Elagabalus<2> Descendants en Elagabalus 1 it Elagabalo frm Elagabale pt Elagábalo es Elagábalo Further reading Elăgăbălus la Individuals