ἥρως
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ἥρως
Structure:
ἡρω
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- (Epic) A hero of the Trojan War: any of the major combatants of the Greek or Trojan forces.
- (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
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.
- τεῖχοσ δὲ Κύκλωπεσ κάμον ἐλθόντεσ ὑπερφίαλοι κλεινᾷ πόλει κάλλιστον, ἵν’ ἀντίθεοι ναῖον κλυτὸν ἱππόβοτον Ἄργοσ ἡρ́ωεσ περικλειτοὶ λιπόντεσ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 6:2)
- καὶ τοὶ μὲν ναίουσιν ἀκηδέα θυμὸν ἔχοντεσ ἐν μακάρων νήσοισι παρ’ Ὠκεανὸν βαθυδίνην, ὄλβιοι ἡρ́ωεσ, τοῖσιν μελιηδέα καρπὸν τρὶσ ἔτεοσ θάλλοντα φέρει ζείδωροσ ἄρουρα. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 20:4)
- ὅτι τροφαῖσ ἐχρῶντο οἱ ἡρ́ωεσ παρ’ Ὁμήρῳ πρῶτον μὲν τῷ καλουμένῳ ἀκρατίσματι ὃ λέγει ἄριστον· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 191)
- ἐχρῶντο δὲ καὶ αὐλοῖσ καὶ σύριγξιν οἱ ἡρ́ωεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 281)
- καθέζονται δ’ ἐν τοῖσ συνδείπνοισ οἱ ἡρ́ωεσ, οὐ κατακέκλινται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 311)
