Herodotus

Herodotus

English

Etymology

From Latin Hērodotus, from Ancient Greek Ἡρόδοτος (Hēródotos).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hĕ.rŏdʹət.əs
• (UK) IPA^(key): /həˈɹɒdətəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /həˈɹɑːdətəs/

Proper noun

Herodotus

1. An ancient historian who lived from 484 to 425 BC.

Related terms

• Herodotan
• Herodotean
• Herodotic

 

Translations

ancient historian

Ancient Greek: Ἡρόδοτος Ἁλικαρνασσεύς (Hēródotos Halikarnasseús), Ἡρόδοτος (Hēródotos) Arabic: هِيرُودُوت‎ (hīrūdūt) Armenian: Հերոդոտոս (Herodotos) Old Armenian: Հերոդոտոս (Herodotos) Catalan: Heròdot Chinese: Mandarin: 希羅多德／希罗多德 (Xīluóduōdé) Danish: Herodot Dutch: Herodotus Esperanto: Herodoto Estonian: Herodotos Finnish: Herodotos French: Hérodote (fr) Georgian: ჰეროდოტე (herodoṭe) German: Herodot Greek: Ηρόδοτος (el) (Iródotos) Hebrew: הרודוטוס‎ Hindi: हिरोडोटस (hiroḍoṭas) Icelandic: Heródótos m, Heródótos frá Halikarnassos m Italian: Erodoto Japanese: ヘロドトス (Herodotosu) Korean: 헤로도토스 (Herodotoseu) Latin: Herodotus Halicarnassensis Luxembourgish: Herodot Malay: Herodotus Persian: هرودوت‎ (fa) (herodot) Polish: Herodot Portuguese: Heródoto m Russian: Геродо́т (ru) m (Gerodót) Serbo-Croatian: Херодот m, Herodot m Slovene: Heródot (sl) m Spanish: Heródoto Swedish: Herodotos Ukrainian: Геродо́т m (Herodót)

Further reading

• Herodotus at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Dorotheus, out-Herods

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡρόδοτος (Hēródotos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /heːˈro.do.tus/, [heːˈrɔd̪ɔt̪ʊs̠]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈro.do.tus/, [eˈrɔːd̪ot̪us]

Proper noun

Hērodotus m sg (genitive Hērodotī); second declension

1. Herodotus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hērodotus
Genitive	Hērodotī
Dative	Hērodotō
Accusative	Hērodotum
Ablative	Hērodotō
Vocative	Hērodote