Catalan

Proper noun

Herodes m

1. Herod

Czech

Proper noun

Herodes m

1. Herod

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἡρῴδης ‎(Hērṓidēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /heː.ˈroː.deːs/

Proper noun

Hērōdēs m ‎(genitive Hērōdis); third declension

1. A freedman of Atticus.
   • 68–43 BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum in M. Tulli Ciceronis Epistulae I: Epistulae ad Familiares (1901), ed. Louis Claude Purser, book VI, letter i, § 25:

     et heus tu! †genuarios† a Caesare per Herodem talenta Attica L extorsistis?

2. Any one of several potentates of the Herodian dynasty, who held power to varying degrees in the Herodian Kingdom of Israel and its successor states from 37 BC until circa AD 93.
   • For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Herodes.
3. Herodes Atticus (AD 101–177)

Declension

Third declension i-stem.

Derived terms

• Hērōdiānus
• Hērōdis diēs

References

• Hērōdes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Herodes”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Herodes m

1. Herod (king of Israel during Biblical times)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞ˈɾo̞.ð̞e̞s]

Etymology

From Latin Hērōdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἡρώδης ‎(Hērṓdēs)

Proper noun

Herodes m

1. Herod (king)

Gothic

Romanization

hērōdēs

1. Romanization of 𐌷𐌴𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐍃