ἡρωίνη

See also: ηρωίνη and ἡρωΐνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine form of ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.rɔː.ǐː.nɛː/ → /i.roˈi.ni/ → /i.roˈi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.rɔː.ǐː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.roˈi.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.roˈi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.roˈi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.roˈi.ni/

Noun

ἡρωῑ́νη • (hērōī́nē) f (genitive ἡρωῑ́νης); first declension

1. Female hero, heroine
2. A deceased woman

Declension

First declension of ἡ ἡρωῑ́νη; τῆς ἡρωῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἡρωῑ́νη hē hērōī́nē	τὼ ἡρωῑ́νᾱ tṑ hērōī́nā	αἱ ἡρωῖναι hai hērōînai
Genitive	τῆς ἡρωῑ́νης tês hērōī́nēs	τοῖν ἡρωῑ́ναιν toîn hērōī́nain	τῶν ἡρωῑνῶν tôn hērōīnôn
Dative	τῇ ἡρωῑ́νῃ têi hērōī́nēi	τοῖν ἡρωῑ́ναιν toîn hērōī́nain	ταῖς ἡρωῑ́ναις taîs hērōī́nais
Accusative	τὴν ἡρωῑ́νην tḕn hērōī́nēn	τὼ ἡρωῑ́νᾱ tṑ hērōī́nā	τᾱ̀ς ἡρωῑ́νᾱς tā̀s hērōī́nās
Vocative	ἡρωῑ́νη hērōī́nē	ἡρωῑ́νᾱ hērōī́nā	ἡρωῖναι hērōînai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (heroine): ἡρωίς (hērōís)
• (deceased woman): ἡρωίς (hērōís)

Descendants

• → French: héroïne
• Greek: ηρωίνη (iroḯni)

Further reading

• “ἡρωίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἡρωίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἡρωίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette