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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

  • ἀλλ’ ὅτε τὸ χρύσειον ἔπλει μετὰ κῶασ Ἰήσων Αἰσονίδασ, οἱ δ’ αὐτῷ ἀριστῆεσ συνέποντο πασᾶν ἐκ πολίων προλελεγμένοι, ὧν ὄφελόσ τι, ἵκετο χὡ ταλαεργὸσ ἀνὴρ ἐσ ἀφνειὸν Ἰωλκόν, Ἀλκμήνησ υἱὸσ Μιδεάτιδοσ ἡρωίνησ, σὺν δ’ αὐτῷ κατέβαινεν Ὕλασ εὐέδρον ἐσ Ἀργώ, ἅτισ κυανεᾶν οὐχ ἥψατο συνδρομάδων ναῦσ, ἀλλὰ διεξάιξε‐‐βαθὺν δ’ εἰσέδραμε Φᾶσιν‐‐ αἰετὸσ ἐσ μέγα λαῖτμα· (Theocritus, Idylls, 5)
  • οἱ δ’ ἀπὸ ἡρ́ωόσ φασι, καθάπερ καὶ Εὔβοιαν ἀπὸ ἡρωίνησ. (Strabo, Geography, Book 10, chapter 1 4:5)

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