Ἡράκλειτος
See also: Ηράκλειτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) + κλειτός (kleitós, “glorious”), literally “glory of Hera”. Compare Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hɛː.rá.kleː.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e̝ˈra.kli.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈra.kli.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈra.kli.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /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
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Ἡράκλειτος ho Hērákleitos | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Ἡρακλείτου toû Hērakleítou | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Ἡρακλείτῳ tôi Hērakleítōi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Ἡράκλειτον tòn Hērákleiton | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Ἡράκλειτε Hērákleite | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ἡρακλείτειος (Hērakleíteios)
Descendants
- Greek: Ηράκλειτος (Irákleitos)
- → Czech: Hérakleitos, Herakleitos
- → English: Heracleitus
- → Finnish: Herkleitos
- → Latin: Hērāclītus
- → 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
Categories:
- Ancient Greek compound terms
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek proper nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension proper nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the second declension
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek given names
- Ancient Greek male given names
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