Ancient Greek

Noun

ἥρως • ‎(hḗrōs) m ‎(genitive ἥρωος, third declension)

1. (Epic) A hero of the Trojan War: any of the major combatants of the Greek or Trojan forces.
2. (classical) A hero or heroine of the ancient Greek religion: a human or demigod whose shrine was celebrated with chthonic rituals organized by local governments.

Usage notes

Because the root of ἥρως ends with a vowel instead of a consonant, shortenings are common, such as ἥρως for the genitive singular and ἥρῳ for the dative singular.

Inflection

Derived terms

• ἡρωίζω ‎(hērōízō)
• ἡρωϊκός ‎(hērōïkós)
• ἡρωίνη ‎(hērōínē)
• ἡρωίς ‎(hērōís)
• ἡρωϊσμός ‎(hērōïsmós)
• ἡρώιος ‎(hērṓios)
• ἡρωϊστής ‎(hērōïstḗs)
• ἡρῷον ‎(hērôion)

Descendants

• Greek: ήρωας m ‎(íroas)
• Latin: hērōs m
  • French: héros m
• Russian: геро́й m ‎(gerój)

References

• ἥρως in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἥρως in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἥρως in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• «ἥρως» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἥρως» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἥρως 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • demigod idem, page 209.
  • hero idem, page 397.
  • patron idem, page 599.
  • saint idem, page 731.