Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡρωί̈νη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡρωί̈νη ἡρωί̈νης

Structure: ἡρωϊν (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: ἥρως의 여성형

Sense

  1. Female hero, heroine

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • διελθόντεσ δὲ καὶ τούτουσ εἰσ τὸ πεδίον εἰσβάλλομεν τὸ Ἀχερούσιον, εὑρίσκομέν τε αὐτόθι τοὺσ ἡμιθέουσ τε καὶ τὰσ ἡρωΐνασ καὶ τὸν ἄλλον ὅμιλον τῶν νεκρῶν κατὰ ἔθνη καὶ κατὰ φῦλα διαιτωμένουσ, τοὺσ μὲν παλαιούσ τινασ καὶ εὐρωτιῶντασ καὶ ὥσ φησιν Ὅμηροσ, ἀμενηνούσ, τοὺσ δ’ ἔτι νεαλεῖσ καὶ συνεστηκότασ, καὶ μάλιστα τοὺσ Αἰγυπτίουσ αὐτῶν διὰ τὸ πολυαρκὲσ τῆσ ταριχείασ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 15:1)
  • ὑμνεῦσιν δ’ ἔτι πάντεσ ὁμόφρονασ ἡρωίνασ, πάτρασ καὶ ποσίων πήματα τισαμένασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 614 3:1)

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

Find this word at Wiktionary

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION