Herodes

Herodes m

1. Herod

Herodes m

1. Herod

From the Ancient Greek Ἡρῴδης (Hērṓidēs).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /heːˈroː.deːs/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈro.des/, [eˈroː.des]

Hērōdēs m (genitive Hērōdis); third declension

1. A freedman of Atticus.
   • 68–43 BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum in M. Tulli Ciceronis Epistulae I: Epistulae ad Familiares (1901), ed. Louis Claude Purser, book VI, letter i, § 25:

     et heus tu! †genuarios† a Caesare per Herodem talenta Attica L extorsistis?

2. Any one of several potentates of the Herodian dynasty, who held power to varying degrees in the Herodian Kingdom of Israel and its successor states from 37 BC until circa AD 93.
   • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Herodes.
3. Herodes Atticus (AD 101–177)

Third declension i-stem.

• Hērōdiānus
• Hērōdis diēs

• Hērōdes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Herodes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Herodes m

1. Herod (king of Israel during Biblical times)

From Latin Hērōdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἡρώδης (Hērṓdēs)

• IPA^(key): [e̞ˈɾo̞.ð̞e̞s]

Herodes m

1. Herod (king)