Ἡράκλειτος

See also: Ηράκλειτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) +‎ κλειτός (kleitós, “glorious”), literally “glory of Hera”. Compare Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἡράκλειτος • (Hērákleitos) m (genitive Ἡρακλείτου); second declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Heraclitus
  2. in particular, the pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἡράκλειτος; τοῦ Ἡρακλείτου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἡράκλειτος
ho Hērákleitos
Genitive τοῦ Ἡρακλείτου
toû Hērakleítou
Dative τῷ Ἡρακλείτῳ
tōî Hērakleítōi
Accusative τὸν Ἡράκλειτον
tòn Hērákleiton
Vocative Ἡράκλειτε
Hērákleite
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Ἡρακλείτειος (Hērakleíteios)

Descendants

References

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