Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἡρώιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡρώιος ἡρώιᾱ ἡρώιον

Structure: ἡρωι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = h(rwiko/s, Pind.

Sense

Examples

  • ἐπὶ γὰρ τοῦ τάφου αὐτοῦ ἡρώιον ἱδρυσάμενοι θυσίῃσι αὐτὸν ἱλάσκονται. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 47 3:2)
  • τοῦτο δέ, ἡρώιον γὰρ ἦν καὶ ἔστι ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἀγορῇ τῶν Σικυωνίων Ἀδρήστου τοῦ Ταλαοῦ, τοῦτον ἐπεθύμησε ὁ Κλεισθένησ ἐόντα Ἀργεῖον ἐκβαλεῖν ἐκ τῆσ χώρησ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 5, chapter 67 2:3)
  • καὶ τοῦτο μὲν οἱ στέφανοι ἐφάνησαν ἐόντεσ ἐκ τοῦ ἡρωίου τοῦ παρὰ τῇσι θύρῃσι τῇσι αὐλείῃσι ἱδρυμένου, τὸ καλέουσι Ἀστροβάκου, τοῦτο δὲ οἱ μάντιεσ τὸν αὐτὸν τοῦτον ἡρ́ωα ἀναίρεον εἶναι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 6, chapter 69 4:2)

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

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