Ἡράκλειτος

See also: Ηράκλειτος

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/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.rá.kleː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝ˈra.kli.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈra.kli.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈra.kli.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈra.kli.tos/

Proper noun

Ἡράκλειτος • (Hērákleitos) m (genitive Ἡρακλείτου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Heraclitus
2. in particular, the pre-Socratic philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἡράκλειτος; τοῦ Ἡρακλείτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἡράκλειτος ho Hērákleitos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἡρακλείτου toû Hērakleítou
Dative	τῷ Ἡρακλείτῳ tôi Hērakleítōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἡράκλειτον tòn Hērákleiton
Vocative	Ἡράκλειτε Hērákleite
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἡρακλείτειος (Hērakleíteios)

Descendants

• Greek: Ηράκλειτος (Irákleitos)
• → Czech: Hérakleitos, Herakleitos
• → English: Heracleitus
• → Finnish: Herkleitos
• → Latin: Hērāclītus
  • → English: Heraclitus
  • → French: Héraclite
    • → German: Heraklit
    • → Polish: Heraklit
    • → Turkish: Heraklit
  • → Italian: Eraclito
  • → Portuguese: Heráclito
  • → Spanish: Héraclito
• → Old Armenian: Հերակղիտոս (Herakłitos), Հերակլիտէս (Heraklitēs), Հերակլիտոս (Heraklitos)
• → Russian: Гераклит (Geraklit), Геракли́тъ (Geraklít) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Armenian: Հերակլիտ (Heraklit)
• → Swedish: Herakleitos
• → Turkish: Heraklitos
• → Welsh: Heraclitos

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012