Herodes

See also: herodes and Heródes

Catalan

Proper noun

Herodes m

1. Herod

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Czech

Proper noun

1. Herod

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἡρῴδης (Hērṓidēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heːˈroː.deːs/, [heːˈroːd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈro.des/, [eˈrɔːd̪es]

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 Israel 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.

Case	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.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Herodes m

1. Herod (king of Israel during Biblical times)

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Hērōdēs, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἡρώδης (Hērṓdēs)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [e̞ˈɾo̞.ð̞e̞s]

Proper noun

Herodes m

1. Herod (king)