ἥρως

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 2 December 2015

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ser- (watch over, protect). Cognate with Latin servō and possibly Ἥρα (Hḗra).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἥρως (hḗrōs) m (genitive ἥρωος); third declension

  1. (Epic) a hero of the Trojan War: any of the major combatants of the Greek or Trojan forces
  2. (Classical Ancient Greek) a hero or heroine of the ancient Greek religion: a human or demigod whose shrine was celebrated with chthonic rituals organized by local governments

Usage notes

Because the root of ἥρως ends with a vowel instead of a consonant, shortenings are common, such as ἥρως for the genitive singular and ἥρῳ for the dative singular.

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἡρωίζω (hērōízō)
  • ἡρωϊκός (hērōïkós)
  • ἡρωίνη (hērōínē)
  • ἡρώϊος (hērṓïos)
  • ἡρωίς (hērōís)
  • ἡρωϊσμός (hērōïsmós)
  • ἡρωϊστής (hērōïstḗs)
  • ἡρῷον (hērôion)

Descendants

References

  • ἥρως in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ἥρως in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ἥρως in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • ἥρως in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • ἥρως in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • ἥρως in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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