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ἡρῷος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἡρῷος ἡρῷη ἡρῷον

Structure: ἡρῳ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: contr. for h(rw/i+os

Sense

the heroic measure, hexameter, the dactyl

Declension

First/Second declension

		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Nominative	ἡρῷος	ἡρῴη	ἡρῷον
	Genitive	ἡρῴου	ἡρῴης	ἡρῴου
	Dative	ἡρῴῳ	ἡρῴῃ	ἡρῴῳ
	Accusative	ἡρῷον	ἡρῴην	ἡρῷον
	Vocative	ἡρῷε	ἡρῴη	ἡρῷον
Dual	N/A/V	ἡρῴω	ἡρῴᾱ	ἡρῴω
Dual	G/D	ἡρῴοιν	ἡρῴαιν	ἡρῴοιν
Plural	Nominative	ἡρῷοι	ἡρῷαι	ἡρῷα
	Genitive	ἡρῴων	ἡρῳῶν	ἡρῴων
	Dative	ἡρῴοις	ἡρῴαις	ἡρῴοις
	Accusative	ἡρῴους	ἡρῴᾱς	ἡρῷα
	Vocative	ἡρῷοι	ἡρῷαι	ἡρῷα

	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Adjective	ἡρῷος ἡρῴου	ἡρῳότερος ἡρῳοτέρου	ἡρῳότατος ἡρῳοτάτου
Adverb	ἡρῴως	ἡρῳότερον	ἡρῳότατα

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

ἀναφέρει δὲ καὶ Διοκλῆσ ἐν τῷ περὶ ἡρῴων συντάγματι δόγμα Ταναγραίων, περὶ ὧν ὁ Κλείδαμοσ ἀπήγγειλεν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 40 3:1)
ἀναφέρει δὲ καὶ Διοκλῆσ ἐν τῷ περὶ ἡρῴων συντάγματι δόγμα Ταναγραίων, περὶ ὧν ὁ Κλείδαμοσ ἀπήγγειλεν. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 40 8:2)
ἴδιον ἥγημαι καταδραμόντων δὲ τὴν Ἀσίαν ἅπασαν τῶν ἐναντιωθέντων ἡμῖν τε καὶ τῷ δήμῳ τῶν Ῥωμαίων καὶ μήτε πόλεων μήτε ἡρῴων ἀποσχομένων μήτε ὁρ́κουσ οὓσ ἐποιήσαντο φυλαξάντων, ἡμεῖσ ὡσ οὐχ ὑπὲρ ἰδίου μόνον ἀγῶνοσ, ἀλλ’ ὡσ ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων κοινοῦ, τοὺσ αἰτίουσ καὶ τῶν εἰσ ἀνθρώπουσ παρανομιῶν καὶ τῶν εἰσ θεοὺσ ἁμαρτημάτων ἠμυνάμεθα, δι’ ἃ καὶ τὸν ἥλιον ἀπεστράφθαι δοκοῦμεν, ὃσ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἀηδῶσ ἐπεῖδεν τὸ ἐπὶ Καίσαρι μύσοσ. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 14 395:1)
Τὸν δὲ Ἰούδαν ἀπέστειλεν ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πρὸσ Ἰωσὴφ συναντῆσαι αὐτῷ καθ̓ Ἡρώων πόλιν, εἰσ γῆν Ραμεσσῆ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:28)
ζεύξασ δὲ Ἰωσὴφ τὰ ἅρματα αὐτοῦ ἀνέβη εἰσ συνάντησιν Ἰσραὴλ τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ καθ̓ Ἡρώων πόλιν καὶ ὀφθεὶσ αὐτῷ ἐπέπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔκλαυσε κλαυθμῷ πίονι. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:29)
ἔνθ’ ὅ γε δώματ’ ἔναιε σὺν αἰδοίῃ παρακοίτι νόσφιν ἄτερ φιλότητοσ ἐφιμέρου, οὐδέ οἱ ἠε͂ν πρὶν λεχέων ἐπιβῆναι ἐυσφύρου Ἠλεκτρυώνησ, πρίν γε φόνον τίσαιτο κασιγνήτων μεγαθύμων ἧσ ἀλόχου, μαλερῷ δὲ καταφλέξαι πυρὶ κώμασ ἀνδρῶν ἡρώων Ταφίων ἰδὲ Τηλεβοάων. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 2:8)
τὸν γὰρ ἄριστον τῶν ἡρώων ἐπαινέσαι ζητῶν οὐ λέοντι ἢ παρδάλει ἢ ὑῒ τὴν ἀλκὴν αὐτοῦ εἰκάζει, ἀλλὰ τῷ θάρσει τῆσ μυίασ καὶ τῷ ἀτρέστῳ καὶ λιπαρεῖ τῆσ ἐπιχειρήσεωσ· (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 5:3)
τὸ δὲ νῦν ἔχον ἐβουλόμην τὸν ὁποσονοῦν χρόνον τοῦτον εὐδαιμόνωσ διαβιοὺσ ὑπὸ ἑκκαίδεκα γυπῶν κείρεσθαι τὸ ἧπαρ ἀποθανών, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐνταῦθα διψήσασ ὥσπερ ὁ Τάνταλοσ ἐν Μακάρων νήσοισ πίνειν μετὰ τῶν ἡρώων ἐν τῷ Ἠλυσίῳ λειμῶνι κατακείμενοσ. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 17:5)

Synonyms

the heroic measure
- ἡρωικός (the heroic verse, the hexameter)

ἡρῷον (the temple or chapel of a hero)
πύρριχος (red)
Μαῖρα (the sparkler)
ἀπαντικρύ (right opposite)
Ὀλυμπιεῖον (the temple of Olympian Zeus)
Δίκτυννα (goddess of the chase)
ταυροπόλος (worshipped at Tauris)
λαφύστιος (gluttonous)
ἑρκεῖος (of or in the)
Ἀσκληπίειος (of)
Ἀσκληπιεῖον (the temple of Asclepius)
σώτειρα (Juno Sospita))
Αἰγυπτιστί (in the Egyptian tongue)
ἔλευσις (coming)
ἐπίκλησις (a surname or additional name)
Εἰλήθυια ()
Λύκαια ()
Κέρκωψ (the Cercopes)
Ταναγραῖος (a man of Tanagra)
σύμβωμος (worshipped on a common altar)
ἀγριέλαιος (of a wild olive)
μουσεῖον (a home of music or poetry)
Μούσειος (of or belonging to the Muses)
σκῶλος (a pointed stake)
Ἐφέσια (the feast of Ephesian Artemis)
ἰφιγένεια (strong-born)
Μαίναλον (Mount Maenalus)
Δελφίνιον (a temple of Apollo)
χαλκίοικος (dwelling in a brasen house)
Λητῷος (of or born from Leto)

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

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