ἡρώϊος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἥρως (hḗrōs, “warrior, hero”) + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.rɔ̌ː.i.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝ˈro.i.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈro.i.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈro.i.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈro.i.os/
Adjective
ἡρώϊος • (hērṓïos) m (feminine ἡρωΐα, neuter ἡρώϊον); first/second declension (Doric, only in Pindar)
- of or concerning heroes
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | ἡρώϊος hērṓïos |
ἡρωΐᾱ hērōḯā |
ἡρώϊον hērṓïon |
ἡρωΐω hērōḯō |
ἡρωΐᾱ hērōḯā |
ἡρωΐω hērōḯō |
ἡρώϊοι hērṓïoi |
ἡρώϊαι hērṓïai |
ἡρώϊᾰ hērṓïă | |||||
| Genitive | ἡρωΐοιο hērōḯoio |
ἡρωΐᾱς hērōḯās |
ἡρωΐοιο hērōḯoio |
ἡρωΐοιν hērōḯoin |
ἡρωΐαιν hērōḯain |
ἡρωΐοιν hērōḯoin |
ἡρωΐων hērōḯōn |
ἡρωϊᾶν hērōïân |
ἡρωΐων hērōḯōn | |||||
| Dative | ἡρωΐῳ hērōḯōi |
ἡρωΐᾳ hērōḯāi |
ἡρωΐῳ hērōḯōi |
ἡρωΐοιν hērōḯoin |
ἡρωΐαιν hērōḯain |
ἡρωΐοιν hērōḯoin |
ἡρωΐοις hērōḯois |
ἡρωΐαις hērōḯais |
ἡρωΐοις hērōḯois | |||||
| Accusative | ἡρώϊον hērṓïon |
ἡρωΐᾱν hērōḯān |
ἡρώϊον hērṓïon |
ἡρωΐω hērōḯō |
ἡρωΐᾱ hērōḯā |
ἡρωΐω hērōḯō |
ἡρωΐους hērōḯous |
ἡρωΐᾱς hērōḯās |
ἡρώϊᾰ hērṓïă | |||||
| Vocative | ἡρώϊε hērṓïe |
ἡρωΐᾱ hērōḯā |
ἡρώϊον hērṓïon |
ἡρωΐω hērōḯō |
ἡρωΐᾱ hērōḯā |
ἡρωΐω hērōḯō |
ἡρώϊοι hērṓïoi |
ἡρώϊαι hērṓïai |
ἡρώϊᾰ hērṓïă | |||||
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Synonyms
- ἡρώϊκος (hērṓïkos)
References
- Slater
- “ἡρώιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press