Ἡρῴδης
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See also: Ἡρώδης
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- Ἡρώδης (Hērṓdēs) — late classical
Etymology
From Ἥρως (Hḗrōs, “hero”) + -ίδης (-ídēs, “descendant of”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.rɔ̌ːi̯.dɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝ˈro.de̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈro.ðis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈro.ðis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈro.ðis/
Proper noun
Ἡρῴδης • (Hērṓidēs) m (genitive Ἡρῴδου); first declension
- Herod, the name of a number of members of the Herodian dynasty who ruled (in) the Judaea province or nearby territories.
Inflection
Descendants
- Greek: Ηρώδης (Iródis)
- → Latin: Hērōdēs
- → Coptic: ϩⲏⲣⲱⲇⲏⲥ (hērōdēs)
- → Old Church Slavonic: Иродъ (Irodŭ)
- → Polish: Herod
- → Gothic: 𐌷𐌴𐍂𐍉𐌳𐌴𐍃 (hērōdēs)
- Hebrew: הוֹרְדוֹס (hórdos)
References
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G2264 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013