Ἡρόδοτος

See also: Ηρόδοτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) +‎ δοτός (dotós, “granted”, from δίδωμι (dídōmi)).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.ró.do.tos/ → /iˈro.ðo.tos/ → /iˈro.ðo.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.ró.do.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝ˈro.do.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈro.ðo.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈro.ðo.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈro.ðo.tos/

Proper noun

Ἡρόδοτος • (Hēródotos) m (genitive Ἡροδότου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Herodotus
2. in particular, the 5th century BCE historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἡρόδοτος; τοῦ Ἡροδότου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἡρόδοτος ho Hēródotos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἡροδότου toû Hērodótou
Dative	τῷ Ἡροδότῳ tôi Hērodótōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἡρόδοτον tòn Hēródoton
Vocative	Ἡρόδοτε Hēródote
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013