Persēpŏlis (Persaep-), is, f., = Περσαιπολις, a city of Persia, the ruins of which are now called Istakhr, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115; Curt. 5, 4, 33; 5, 6, 11 sq.; Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 2; Amm. 23, 6, 42.