Ἡράκλανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin Herculanum, Herculāneum, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειον (Hērákleion), from Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês, “Heracles”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἡράκλᾱνον • (Hēráklānon) n (genitive Ἡρακλᾱ́νου); second declension

  1. Herculaneum; Ercolano, Campania, Italy

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ Ἡράκλᾱνον; τοῦ Ἡρακλᾱ́νου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ Ἡράκλᾱνον
tò Hēráklānon
Genitive τοῦ Ἡρακλᾱ́νου
toû Hēraklā́nou
Dative τῷ Ἡρακλᾱ́νῳ
tôi Hēraklā́nōi
Accusative τὸ Ἡράκλᾱνον
tò Hēráklānon
Vocative Ἡράκλᾱνον
Hēráklānon
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: Ηράκλανο (Iráklano)
  • Italian: Ercolano

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
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