Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Ἡράκλειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Ἡράκλειος Ἡράκλειᾱ Ἡράκλειον

Structure: Ἡρακλει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from H(rakle/hs

Sense

  1. of Hercules, Hercules himself
  2. the temple of Hercules, Heracleum
  3. his festival

Examples

  • καὶ μέντοι καὶ ὅσα τοὺσ ἰοὺσ τῶν θηρίων ἢ τοὺσ ἐμπεφαρμαγμένουσ τοῖσ βέλεσιν ἀνέλκει, καὶ ταῦτα τὴν αὐτὴν ταῖσ ἡρακλείαισ λίθοισ ἐπιδείκνυται δύναμιν. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., , section 1465)
  • οἴκοθεν στάλαισιν ἅπτονθ’ Ἡρακλείαισ· (Pindar, Odes, isthmian odes, isthmian 4 4:1)
  • φιλοτιμοῦνται γὰρ πρὸσ τοὺσ εἰρημένουσ, πρὸσ δὲ τοὺσ μυριοστὸν ἔτοσ ὄντασ ἢ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐσομένουσ ἢ τεθνεῶτασ οὐδείσ, οὐδὲ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐφ’ Ἡρακλείαισ στήλαισ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 10 5:6)

Synonyms

  1. his festival

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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