Hero

See also: hero and Héró

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡρώ (Hērṓ).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪə.ɹəʊ/, [ˈhɪə.ɹəʊ~ˈçɪə.ɹəʊ]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪɹ.oʊ/, /ˈhiɹ.oʊ/

• Audio (General American):

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhɛɹ.oʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹəʊ
• Hyphenation: He‧ro

Proper noun

Hero

1. (Greek mythology) Any of a number of legendary men and women, including the priestess loved by Leander.
2. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek of English-speakers.
   • 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:
     ,Scene 1:

     You hear, Count Claudio: I can be secret as a dumb man; I would have you think so; but on my allegiance mark you this, on my allegiance: he is in love. With who? now that is your Grace's part. Mark how short his answer is: with Hero, Leonato's short daughter.

Anagrams

• rheo-, Roeh, heor, Rohe, hoer, rohe

Esperanto

statuo de Hero

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhero/
• Rhymes: -ero
• Syllabification: He‧ro

Proper noun

Hero (accusative Heron)

1. (Greek mythology) Hera, Greek queen of the gods, goddess of marriage and birth

Further reading

• “Hero”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “Hero”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡρώ (Hērṓ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈheː.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ro]

Proper noun

Hērō f sg (genitive Hērūs); fourth declension

1. (Greek mythology) Hero (priestess of Aphrodite, loved by Leander)
   • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovidius, The Heroines 18:

     Quam cuperem solitas, Hero, tibi ferre per undas
     accipe Leandri, dum venit ipse, manum.

     How I wish I could carry myself over the waves to you as usual, Hero;
     accept Leander’s hand when he comes.

2. (Greek mythology) Hero (one of the Danaïdes)
   • c. 64 BCE – 17 BCE, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae 170:

     Hero Andromachum

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (Greek mythology) Hero (daughter of Priam)
   • c. 64 BCE – 17 BCE, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae 90

Inflection

Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hērō
genitive	Hērūs
dative	Hērō
accusative	Hērō
ablative	Hērō
vocative	Hērō

Derived terms

• Hērōus (adjective)

Descendants

• → English: Hero

References

• “Hero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press