Heliodorus is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Heliodorus in a sentence
Heliodorus meaning
A male given name.
Using Heliodorus
- The main meaning on this page is: A male given name.
Context around Heliodorus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heliodorus
- In this selection, "heliodorus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 31 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, father and pillar stand out and add context to how "heliodorus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include change of heliodorus a nobleman and erected the heliodorus pillar near. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heliodorus" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heliodorus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Heliodorus, the Greek Ambassador to the court of the Shunga king Bhagabhadra erected the Heliodorus pillar near Vidisha. (18 words)
The Sicilian name u Liotru is a phonetic change of Heliodorus, a nobleman who, after trying without success to become bishop of the city, became a sorcerer and was therefore condemned to the stake. (34 words)
His father, Heliodorus, had not been a senator, but was nonetheless a man of some standing: he had been Hadrian's ab epistulis, followed the emperor on his travels, and was prefect of Egypt at the end of Hadrian's reign. (41 words)
His father, Heliodorus, had not been a senator, but was nonetheless a man of some standing: he had been Hadrian's ab epistulis, followed the emperor on his travels, and was prefect of Egypt at the end of Hadrian's reign. (41 words)
The Sicilian name u Liotru is a phonetic change of Heliodorus, a nobleman who, after trying without success to become bishop of the city, became a sorcerer and was therefore condemned to the stake. (34 words)
Heliodorus, the Greek Ambassador to the court of the Shunga king Bhagabhadra erected the Heliodorus pillar near Vidisha. (18 words)
Example sentences (3)
Heliodorus, the Greek Ambassador to the court of the Shunga king Bhagabhadra erected the Heliodorus pillar near Vidisha.
His father, Heliodorus, had not been a senator, but was nonetheless a man of some standing: he had been Hadrian's ab epistulis, followed the emperor on his travels, and was prefect of Egypt at the end of Hadrian's reign.
The Sicilian name u Liotru is a phonetic change of Heliodorus, a nobleman who, after trying without success to become bishop of the city, became a sorcerer and was therefore condemned to the stake.