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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) + κλειτός (kleitós, “glorious”), literally “glory of Hera”. Compare Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɛː.rá.kleː.tos/ → /iˈra.kli.tos/ → /iˈra.kli.tos/
Proper noun
Ἡράκλειτος • (Hērákleitos) m (genitive Ἡρακλείτου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Heraclitus
- in particular, the pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus
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References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012