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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

  • αὐτὸσ δὲ μετὰ τῶν βοῶν διὰ τῆσ μεσογείου διεξιών, καὶ τῶν ἐγχωρίων Σικανῶν μεγάλαισ δυνάμεσιν ἀντιταξαμένων, ἐνίκησεν ἐπιφανεῖ παρατάξει καὶ πολλοὺσ ἀπέκτεινεν, ἐν οἷσ μυθολογοῦσί τινεσ καὶ στρατηγοὺσ ἐπιφανεῖσ γεγενῆσθαι τοὺσ μέχρι τοῦ νῦν ἡρωικῆσ τιμῆσ τυγχάνοντασ, Λεύκασπιν καὶ Πεδιακράτην καὶ Βουφόναν καὶ Γλυχάταν, ἔτι δὲ Βυταίαν καὶ Κρυτίδαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 23 5:1)
  • ὑπακούσαντοσ δὲ τοῦ Ἐριγυιοῦ καὶ γενομένησ μάχησ ἡρωικῆσ συνέβη νικῆσαι τὸν Ἐριγυιόν. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 83 8:1)
  • θαυμαστὸν γὰρ δὴ καὶ μέγα τὸ τῆσ Ἰσοκράτουσ κατασκευῆσ ὕψοσ, ἡρωϊκῆσ μᾶλλον ἢ ἀνθρωπίνησ φύσεωσ οἰκεῖον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 3 2:7)

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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