ἡρωίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”) +‎ -ις (-is)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.rɔː.ís/ → /i.roˈis/ → /i.roˈis/

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

Noun

ἡρωῐ́ς • (hērōís) f (genitive ἡρωῐ́δος); third declension

1. a heroine
   • P., P. 11.7
   • 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Fr. 126
2. a deceased woman
   • Inscriptiones Graecae 12.51
   • Rev.Phil. 36.55
   • AJP 48.33
3. (adjectival) Alternative form of ἡρωϊκή (hērōïkḗ, “heroic”)
   • 300 BCE – 250 BCE, Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 1.1048
   • Palatine Anthology 9.504
4. a novennial festival at Delphi
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.293c

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἡρωῐ́ς; τῆς ἡρωῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἡρωῐ́ς hē hērōís	τὼ ἡρωῐδε tṑ hērōide	αἱ ἡρωῐδες hai hērōides
Genitive	τῆς ἡρωῐδος tês hērōidos	τοῖν ἡρωῐ́δοιν toîn hērōídoin	τῶν ἡρωῐ́δων tôn hērōídōn
Dative	τῇ ἡρωῐδῐ têi hērōidi	τοῖν ἡρωῐ́δοιν toîn hērōídoin	ταῖς ἡρωῐσῐ / ἡρωῐσῐν taîs hērōisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἡρωῐδᾰ tḕn hērōida	τὼ ἡρωῐδε tṑ hērōide	τᾱ̀ς ἡρωῐδᾰς tā̀s hērōidas
Vocative	ἡρωῐ́ς hērōís	ἡρωῐδε hērōide	ἡρωῐδες hērōides
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Synonyms

• (heroine): ἡρωῑ́νη (hērōī́nē)
• (deceased woman): ἡρωῑ́νη (hērōī́nē)

Descendants

• Latin: hērōis

References

• “ἡρωίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press