ἥρως?
Third declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration: hērōs
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.
- αὐτῇ δ Ἀμφιτρύων λαοσσόος, ἀγλαὸς ἡρ´ως, ἐκτελέσας μέγα ἔργον ἀφίκετο ὅνδε δόμονδε. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 2:19)
- ἡρ´ως ὦ Ιὄλαε, βροτῶν πολὺ φίλτατε πάντων, ἦ τε μέγ ἀθανάτους μάκαρας, τοὶ Ὄλυμπον ἔχουσιν, ἤλιτεν Ἀμφιτρύων, ὅτ ἐυστέφανον ποτὶ Θήβην ἦλθε λιπὼν Τίρυνθα, ἐυκτίμενον πτολίεθρον, κτείνας Ἠλεκτρύωνα βοῶν ἕνεκ εὐρυμετώπων: (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 6:1)
- ἡρ´ως ὦ Ιὄλαε, διοτρεφές, οὐκέτι τηλοῦ ὑσμίνη τρηχεῖα: (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 10:1)
- καὶ ἔστιν ἱρὰ καὶ ἐν Συρίῃ οὐ παρὰ πολὺ τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοισιν ἰσοχρονέοντα, τῶν ἐγὼ πλεῖστα ὄπωπα, τό γε τοῦ Ἡρακλέος τὸ ἐν Τύρῳ, οὐ τούτου τοῦ Ἡρακλέος τὸν Ἕλληνες ἀείδουσιν, ἀλλὰ τὸν ἐγὼ λέγω πολλὸν ἀρχαιότερος καὶ Τύριος ἡρ´ως ἐστίν. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 3:2)
- τὸν δ ὡς ἴδεν Ἀλκμήνιος θαυμαστὸς ἡρ´ως τεύχεσι λαμπόμενον, νευρὰν ἐπέβασε λιγυκλαγγῆ κορώνας, χαλκεόκρανον δ ἔπειτ ἐξ- είλετο ϝιὸν ἀνα- πτύξας φαρέτρας πῶμα: (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 6:1)
