ἡρώϊος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἡρόῐ̈ος (hēróĭ̈os)

Etymology

From ἥρως (hḗrōs, “warrior, hero”) +‎ -ιος (-ios, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ἡρώῐ̈ος • (hērṓĭ̈os) m (feminine ἡρωῐ̈́ᾱ, neuter ἡρώῐ̈ον); first/second declension

Doric form of ἡρωῐ̈κός (hērōĭ̈kós)

Declension

First and second declension of ἡρώῐ̈ος; ἡρωῐ̈́ᾱ; ἡρώῐ̈ον (Doric)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἡρώῐ̈ος hērṓĭ̈os	ἡρωῐ̈́ᾱ hērōĭ̈́ā	ἡρώῐ̈ον hērṓĭ̈on	ἡρωῐ̈́ω hērōĭ̈́ō	ἡρωῐ̈́ᾱ hērōĭ̈́ā	ἡρωῐ̈́ω hērōĭ̈́ō	ἡρώῐ̈οι hērṓĭ̈oi	ἡρώῐ̈αι hērṓĭ̈ai	ἡρώῐ̈ᾰ hērṓĭ̈ă
Genitive	ἡρωῐ̈́ου hērōĭ̈́ou	ἡρωῐ̈́ᾱς hērōĭ̈́ās	ἡρωῐ̈́ου hērōĭ̈́ou	ἡρωῐ̈́οιν hērōĭ̈́oin	ἡρωῐ̈́αιν hērōĭ̈́ain	ἡρωῐ̈́οιν hērōĭ̈́oin	ἡρωῐ̈́ων hērōĭ̈́ōn	ἡρωῐ̈ᾶν hērōĭ̈ân	ἡρωῐ̈́ων hērōĭ̈́ōn
Dative	ἡρωῐ̈́ῳ hērōĭ̈́ōi	ἡρωῐ̈́ᾳ hērōĭ̈́āi	ἡρωῐ̈́ῳ hērōĭ̈́ōi	ἡρωῐ̈́οιν hērōĭ̈́oin	ἡρωῐ̈́αιν hērōĭ̈́ain	ἡρωῐ̈́οιν hērōĭ̈́oin	ἡρωῐ̈́οις hērōĭ̈́ois	ἡρωῐ̈́αις hērōĭ̈́ais	ἡρωῐ̈́οις hērōĭ̈́ois
Accusative	ἡρώῐ̈ον hērṓĭ̈on	ἡρωῐ̈́ᾱν hērōĭ̈́ān	ἡρώῐ̈ον hērṓĭ̈on	ἡρωῐ̈́ω hērōĭ̈́ō	ἡρωῐ̈́ᾱ hērōĭ̈́ā	ἡρωῐ̈́ω hērōĭ̈́ō	ἡρωῐ̈́ους hērōĭ̈́ous	ἡρωῐ̈́ᾱς hērōĭ̈́ās	ἡρώῐ̈ᾰ hērṓĭ̈ă
Vocative	ἡρώῐ̈ε hērṓĭ̈e	ἡρωῐ̈́ᾱ hērōĭ̈́ā	ἡρώῐ̈ον hērṓĭ̈on	ἡρωῐ̈́ω hērōĭ̈́ō	ἡρωῐ̈́ᾱ hērōĭ̈́ā	ἡρωῐ̈́ω hērōĭ̈́ō	ἡρώῐ̈οι hērṓĭ̈oi	ἡρώῐ̈αι hērṓĭ̈ai	ἡρώῐ̈ᾰ hērṓĭ̈ă
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

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