Ἡρόδοτος
See also: Ηρόδοτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) + δοτός (dotós, “granted”, from δίδωμι (dídōmi)).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.ró.do.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝ˈro.do.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈro.ðo.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈro.ðo.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈro.ðo.tos/
Proper noun
Ἡρόδοτος • (Hēródotos) m (genitive Ἡροδότου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Herodotus
- in particular, the 5th century BCE historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Ἡρόδοτος; τοῦ Ἡροδότου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἡρόδοτος ho Hēródotos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἡροδότου toû Hērodótou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἡροδότῳ tôi Hērodótōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἡρόδοτον tòn Hēródoton | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἡρόδοτε Hēródote | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Ηρόδοτος (Iródotos)
- → Latin: Hērodotus
- → Old Armenian: Հերոդոտոս (Herodotos), Հերովդիոտոս (Herovdiotos)
- Armenian: Հերոդոտոս (Herodotos), Հերոդոտ (Herodot)
See also
- Ἡρόδωρος (Hēródōros)
References
- “Ἡρόδοτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013