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ἥρως

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἥρως

Structure: ἡρω (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. (Epic) A hero of the Trojan War: any of the major combatants of the Greek or Trojan forces.
  2. (classical) A hero or heroine of the ancient Greek religion: a human or demigod whose shrine was celebrated with chthonic rituals organized by local governments.

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἥρως ή̔ρωε ή̔ρωες
Genitive ή̔ρωος ἡρώοιν ἡρώων
Dative ή̔ρωι ἡρώοιν ή̔ρωσιν*
Accusative ή̔ρωα ή̔ρωε ή̔ρωας
Vocative ή̔ρως ή̔ρωε ή̔ρωες

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.

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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