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.
- καὶ ἡρ́ωσιν ὄρνισι καὶ ἡρώων παισί, πορφυρίωνι καὶ πελεκᾶντι καὶ πελεκίνῳ καὶ φλέξιδι καὶ τέτρακι καὶ ταὧνι καὶ ἐλεᾷ καὶ βασκᾷ καὶ ἐλασᾷ καὶ ἐρωδιῷ καὶ καταρράκτῃ καὶ μελαγκορύφῳ καὶ αἰγιθάλλῳ ‐ παῦ’ ἐσ κόρακασ, παῦσαι καλῶν. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 1:11)
- ἔστι δ’ αὗ χώρα πρὸσ αὐτῷ τῷ σκότῳ πόρρω τισ ἐν τῇ λύχνων ἐρημίᾳ, ἔνθα τοῖσ ἡρ́ωσιν ἄνθρωποι ξυναριστῶσι καὶ ξύν‐ εισι πλὴν τῆσ ἑσπέρασ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 11)
- ἀτὰρ οὐ ταῦτα ἡμεῖσ Ὀρέστῃ καὶ Πυλάδῃ ἐνιδόντεσ ἡρ́ωσιν αὐτοῖσ χρώμεθα. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 3:5)
- ἦν δὲ ἡ μὲν πρώτη δίκη περὶ Αἰάντοσ τοῦ Τελαμῶνοσ, εἴτε χρὴ αὐτὸν συνεῖναι τοῖσ ἡρ́ωσιν εἴτε καὶ μή· (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 7:1)
- ὡσ δὲ ἔδοξεν αὐτῷ, ἀπεφήναντο, τῆσ μὲν φιλοπραγμοσύνησ καὶ τῆσ ἀποδημίασ, ἐπειδὰν ἀποθάνωμεν, δοῦναι τὰσ εὐθύνασ, τὸ δὲ νῦν ῥητὸν χρόνον μείναντασ ἐν τῇ νήσῳ καὶ συνδιαιτηθέντασ τοῖσ ἡρ́ωσιν ἀπελθεῖν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 10:5)
