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.
- αὐτῇ δ’ Ἀμφιτρύων λαοσσόοσ, ἀγλαὸσ ἡρ́ωσ, ἐκτελέσασ μέγα ἔργον ἀφίκετο ὅνδε δόμονδε. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 2:19)
- ἡρ́ωσ 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)
- ἡρ́ωσ 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 ἡρ́ωσ ἐστίν. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 3:2)
- τὸν δ’ ὡσ ἴδεν Ἀλκμήνιοσ θαυμαστὸσ ἡρ́ωσ τεύχεσι λαμπόμενον, νευρὰν ἐπέβασε λιγυκλαγγῆ κορώνασ, χαλκεόκρανον δ’ ἔπειτ’ ἐξ‐ είλετο ϝιὸν ἀνα‐ πτύξασ φαρέτρασ πῶμα· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 6:1)
