Ἥρα

See also: ήρα and Ήρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἥρη (Hḗrē) — Ionic, Epic

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a feminine form of ἥρως (hḗrōs) or related to ὥρα (hṓra). Beekes prefers Pre-Greek origin, particularly due to the word being a theonym.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.raː/ → /ˈi.ra/ → /ˈi.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.raː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ra/

Proper noun

Ἥρᾱ • (Hḗrā) f (genitive Ἥρᾱς); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Hera
2. a title of the empresses of Rome; see also Ζεύς (Zeús)
3. Pythagorean name for nine
4. the planet Venus

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἥρᾱ; τῆς Ἥρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἥρᾱ hē Hḗrā
Genitive	τῆς Ἥρᾱς tês Hḗrās
Dative	τῇ Ἥρᾳ têi Hḗrāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἥρᾱν tḕn Hḗrān
Vocative	Ἥρᾱ Hḗrā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἡραία (Hēraía)
• Ἡραιῆς (Hēraiês)
• Ἡραῖον (Hēraîon)
• Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos)
• Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês)
• Ἡρόδοτος (Hēródotos)
• Ἡρόστρατος (Hēróstratos)
• Ἡρόφιλος (Hēróphilos)
• Ἡροφῶν (Hērophôn)
• Ἡρῴδης (Hērṓidēs)

 

Descendants

• Greek: Ήρα (Íra)
• Latin: Hēra
• → Russian: Ге́ра (Géra)

Further reading

• “Ἥρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Ἥρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Ἥρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • hera idem, page 397.
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
• http://opsopaus.com/OM/BA/Plethon/Hera.html