Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡρωικός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡρωικός ἡρωική ἡρωικόν

Structure: ἡρωικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h(/rws

Sense

  1. of or for a hero, heroic
  2. the heroic verse, the hexameter

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ τούτου μὲν τὴν ἀρετὴν ὥσπερ ἀγάλματοσ ἡρωϊκοῦ κάλλοσ ἐθαύμαζον, ἐπόθουν δὲ τὴν ἐκείνου σπουδὴν καὶ τὸ φιλέταιρον καὶ χρειῶδεσ ἐζήτουν, ὥστε ἀθυμεῖν ἐκπλέοντοσ αὐτοῦ καὶ δακρύειν. (Plutarch, , chapter 5 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. the heroic verse

Related

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

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