- ἥρως
- ἥρωςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `lord, hero' (Il.).Other forms: -ωος, rarely -ωνος, -ωνι, -ωτι a. o. (details in Schwyzer 479f., 557, 582)Dialectal forms: Myc. tiriseroeDerivatives: ἡρώϊος, ἡρῳ̃ος `heroic' (Pi., Pl.) with ἡρώϊον, -ῶον `sanctuary of a hero' (IA); ἡρωϊκός `id.' (Att., Arist.). Several feminine-formations (cf. on βασιλεύς): 1. ἡρωΐς (Pi.); 2. ἡρωΐνη, ἡρῴνη, ἡροΐνα (Ar., inscr.); 3. ἡρώϊσσα, ἡρῳ̃σσα (A. R., inscr.; cf. v. Wilamowitz Glaube 2, 9 n. 1); 4. ἡρώασσα (Creta); 5. ἡρυς (Lilybaeum IIa), prob. innovation (after θῆλυς, γρηΰς?); - ἡρωϊασταί, ἡρωϊσταί (-οϊσταί, -ωσταί) pl. `adorer of Heros' (inscr. IVa); after the nouns in -αστής, -ιστής, s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 175ff.; ἡρωϊσμός `adoration of heros' (Mytilene); the verb ἡρωΐζω only Eust. 4, 1, as `write epic poems'. - PN Ἥρυλλα (Chantraine Formation 252).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Not from ἡρωϜ- as was assumed, because of the Myc. form. A Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 1,644-645
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