Ἡρόδοτος

See also: Ηρόδοτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) +‎ δοτός (dotós, “granted”, from δίδωμι (dídōmi)).

    Pronunciation

     

    Proper noun

    Ἡρόδοτος • (Hēródotos) m (genitive Ἡροδότου); second declension

    1. a male given name, equivalent to English Herodotus
    2. in particular, the 5th century BCE historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus

    Inflection

    Second declension of ὁ Ἡρόδοτος; τοῦ Ἡροδότου (Attic)
    Case / # Singular
    Nominative ὁ Ἡρόδοτος
    ho Hēródotos
    Genitive τοῦ Ἡροδότου
    toû Hērodótou
    Dative τῷ Ἡροδότῳ
    tōî Hērodótōi
    Accusative τὸν Ἡρόδοτον
    tòn Hēródoton
    Vocative Ἡρόδοτε
    Hēródote
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Descendants

    • Greek: Ηρόδοτος (Iródotos)
    • → Latin: Hērodotus
    • → Old Armenian: Հերոդոտոս (Herodotos), Հերովդիոտոս (Herovdiotos)

    See also

    • Ἡρόδωρος (Hēródōros)

    References

    • “Ἡρόδοτος”, 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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
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