Ἡρακλείδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês) +‎ -ῐ́δης (-ĭ́dēs, patronymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἡρᾰκλείδης • (Hērăkleídēsm (genitive Ἡρᾰκλείδου); first declension

  1. one of the Heracleidae; a Heraclid; a descendant of Heracles
  2. a male given name, equivalent to English Heraclides

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: Ηρακλείδης (Irakleídis)
  • English: Heraclid
  • Latin: Heraclides

References

  • Ἡρακλείδης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012