ἡρωϊκός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἡροϊκός (hēroïkós)

Etymology

From ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.rɔː.i.kós/ → /i.ro.iˈkos/ → /i.ro.iˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.rɔː.i.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.ro.iˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ro.iˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ro.iˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ro.iˈkos/

Adjective

ἡρωϊκός • (hērōïkós) m (feminine ἡρωϊκή, neuter ἡρωϊκόν); first/second declension

1. of the heroes
   1. of or for a hero, heroic
   2. epic verse

Inflection

First and second declension of ἡρωϊ̆κός; ἡρωϊ̆κή; ἡρωϊ̆κόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἡρωϊ̆κός hērōïkós	ἡρωϊ̆κή hērōïkḗ	ἡρωϊ̆κόν hērōïkón		ἡρωϊ̆κώ hērōïkṓ	ἡρωϊ̆κᾱ́ hērōïkā́	ἡρωϊ̆κώ hērōïkṓ		ἡρωϊ̆κοί hērōïkoí	ἡρωϊ̆καί hērōïkaí	ἡρωϊ̆κᾰ́ hērōïká
Genitive		ἡρωϊ̆κοῦ hērōïkoû	ἡρωϊ̆κῆς hērōïkês	ἡρωϊ̆κοῦ hērōïkoû		ἡρωϊ̆κοῖν hērōïkoîn	ἡρωϊ̆καῖν hērōïkaîn	ἡρωϊ̆κοῖν hērōïkoîn		ἡρωϊ̆κῶν hērōïkôn	ἡρωϊ̆κῶν hērōïkôn	ἡρωϊ̆κῶν hērōïkôn
Dative		ἡρωϊ̆κῷ hērōïkôi	ἡρωϊ̆κῇ hērōïkêi	ἡρωϊ̆κῷ hērōïkôi		ἡρωϊ̆κοῖν hērōïkoîn	ἡρωϊ̆καῖν hērōïkaîn	ἡρωϊ̆κοῖν hērōïkoîn		ἡρωϊ̆κοῖς hērōïkoîs	ἡρωϊ̆καῖς hērōïkaîs	ἡρωϊ̆κοῖς hērōïkoîs
Accusative		ἡρωϊ̆κόν hērōïkón	ἡρωϊ̆κήν hērōïkḗn	ἡρωϊ̆κόν hērōïkón		ἡρωϊ̆κώ hērōïkṓ	ἡρωϊ̆κᾱ́ hērōïkā́	ἡρωϊ̆κώ hērōïkṓ		ἡρωϊ̆κούς hērōïkoús	ἡρωϊ̆κᾱ́ς hērōïkā́s	ἡρωϊ̆κᾰ́ hērōïká
Vocative		ἡρωϊ̆κέ hērōïké	ἡρωϊ̆κή hērōïkḗ	ἡρωϊ̆κόν hērōïkón		ἡρωϊ̆κώ hērōïkṓ	ἡρωϊ̆κᾱ́ hērōïkā́	ἡρωϊ̆κώ hērōïkṓ		ἡρωϊ̆κοί hērōïkoí	ἡρωϊ̆καί hērōïkaí	ἡρωϊ̆κᾰ́ hērōïká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἡρωϊ̆κῶς hērōïkôs				ἡρωϊ̆κώτερος hērōïkṓteros				ἡρωϊ̆κώτᾰτος hērōïkṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: heroicus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “ἡρωϊκός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἡρωϊκός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette