Ἡρώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.rɔ̌ː/ → /iˈro/ → /iˈro/

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

Proper noun

Ἡρώ • (Hērṓ) f sg (genitive Ἡροῦς); third declension

1. a female given name

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἡρώ; τῆς Ἡροῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἡρώ hē Hērṓ
Genitive	τῆς Ἡροῦς tês Hēroûs
Dative	τῇ Ἡροῖ têi Hēroî
Accusative	τὴν Ἡρώ tḕn Hērṓ
Vocative	Ἡροῖ Hēroî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ηρώ (Iró)
• → Latin: Hērō
  • → English: Hero

Further reading

• Ἡρώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “Ἡρώ”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011