Herodes

See also: herodes and Heródes

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Hērōdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἡρῴδης (Hērōídēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈɾɔ.ðəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈɾɔ.ðes]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Proper noun

Herodes m

1. Herod

Derived terms

• herodià

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦɛrodɛs]

Proper noun

Herodes m anim (relational adjective Herodův or Herodesův)

1. Herod

Declension

Declension of Herodes (sg-only hard masculine animate // mixed masculine animate irreg-stem)

	singular
nominative	Herodes
genitive	Heroda, Herodesa, Herodese
dative	Herodovi, Herodesovi
accusative	Heroda, Herodesa, Herodese
vocative	Herode, Herodese, Herodesi
locative	Herodovi, Herodesovi
instrumental	Herodem, Herodesem

Proper noun

Herodes m anim (female equivalent Herodesová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Herodes (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Herodes	Herodesové
genitive	Herodesa	Herodesů
dative	Herodesovi	Herodesům
accusative	Herodesa	Herodesy
vocative	Herodese	Herodesové
locative	Herodesovi	Herodesech
instrumental	Herodesem	Herodesy

Further reading

• “Herodes”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἡρῴδης (Hērōídēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [heːˈroː.deːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈrɔː.des]

Proper noun

Hērōdēs m sg (genitive Hērōdis); third declension

1. A freedman of Atticus.
   • 68–43 BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum in M. Tulli Ciceronis Epistulae I: Epistulae ad Familiares (1901), ed. Louis Claude Purser, book VI, letter i, § 25:

     et heus tu! †genuarios† a Caesare per Herodem talenta Attica L extorsistis?

2. Any one of several potentates of the Herodian dynasty, who held power to varying degrees in the Herodian Kingdom of Judea and its successor states from 37 BC until circa AD 93.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Herodes.
3. Herodes Atticus (AD 101–177)

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hērōdēs
genitive	Hērōdis
dative	Hērōdī
accusative	Hērōdem
ablative	Hērōde
vocative	Hērōdēs

Derived terms

• Hērōdiānus
• Hērōdis diēs

References

• “Hērōdes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Herodes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxe.ro.des/, [ˈhe.ro.des]

Proper noun

Herodes

1. genitive singular of Herod

Portuguese

Proper noun

Herodes m

1. Herod (king of Israel during Biblical times)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Hērōdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἡρώδης (Hērṓdēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈɾodes/ [eˈɾo.ð̞es]
• Rhymes: -odes
• Syllabification: He‧ro‧des

Proper noun

Herodes m

1. Herod (king)
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 269:

     Antiguamente las culebras andaban paradas, hasta qe la Virgen las maldijo, condenándolas a arrastrarse, por haber asustado una de ellas el borriquito en que la Madre de Dios huía con su hijo del furor de Herodes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• te jodes como Herodes