Ἡρακλείδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês) +‎ -ῐ́δης (-ídēs, patronymic suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.ra.klěː.dɛːs/ → /i.raˈkli.ðis/ → /i.raˈkli.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.ra.klěː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.raˈkli.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.raˈkli.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.raˈkli.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.raˈkli.ðis/

Proper noun

Ἡρᾰκλείδης • (Hērakleídēs) m (genitive Ἡρᾰκλείδου); first declension

1. one of the Heracleidae; a Heraclid; a descendant of Heracles
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.7.4
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Heraclides
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 5.121.1

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἡρᾰκλείδης; τοῦ Ἡρᾰκλείδου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Ἡρᾰκλείδης ho Hērakleídēs	τὼ Ἡρᾰκλείδᾱ tṑ Hērakleídā	οἱ Ἡρᾰκλεῖδαι hoi Hērakleîdai
Genitive	τοῦ Ἡρᾰκλείδου toû Hērakleídou	τοῖν Ἡρᾰκλείδαιν toîn Hērakleídain	τῶν Ἡρᾰκλειδῶν tôn Hērakleidôn
Dative	τῷ Ἡρᾰκλείδῃ tôi Hērakleídēi	τοῖν Ἡρᾰκλείδαιν toîn Hērakleídain	τοῖς Ἡρᾰκλείδαις toîs Hērakleídais
Accusative	τὸν Ἡρᾰκλείδην tòn Hērakleídēn	τὼ Ἡρᾰκλείδᾱ tṑ Hērakleídā	τοὺς Ἡρᾰκλείδᾱς toùs Hērakleídās
Vocative	Ἡρᾰκλείδη Hērakleídē	Ἡρᾰκλείδᾱ Hērakleídā	Ἡρᾰκλεῖδαι Hērakleîdai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ηρακλείδης (Irakleídis)
• → English: Heraclid
• → Latin: Heraclides

References

• “Ἡρακλείδης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012