Herodotus

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Hērodotus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἡρόδοτος (Hēródotos).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hĕ.rŏdʹət.əs
• IPA^(key): /həˈɹɒdətəs/
• IPA^(key): /həˈɹɑːdətəs/

Proper noun

Herodotus

1. An ancient historian who lived from 484 to 425 BC.

Related terms

• Herodotean

Translations

ancient historian

• Ancient Greek: Ἡρόδοτος Ἁλικαρνασσεύς (Hēródotos Halikarnasseús), Ἡρόδοτος (Hēródotos)
• Arabic: هِيرُودُوت (hīrūdūt)
• Armenian: Հերոդոտոս (Herodotos)

  Old Armenian: Հերոդոտոս (Herodotos)

• Catalan: Heròdot
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 希羅多德／希罗多德 (Xīluóduōdé), 希罗多德 (Xīluóduōdé)

• Danish: Herodot
• Dutch: Herodotus
• Esperanto: Herodoto
• Estonian: Herodotos
• Finnish: Herodotos
• French: Hérodote (fr)
• German: Herodot
• Greek: Ηρόδοτος (el) (Iródotos)
• Hebrew: הרודוטוס
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hindi: हिरोडोटस (hiroḍoṭas)
• Icelandic: Heródótos m, Heródótos frá Halikarnassos m
• Italian: Erodoto
• Japanese: ヘロドトス (Herodotosu)
• Korean: 헤로도토스 (Hirodotosu)
• Latin: Herodotus Halicarnassensis
• Luxembourgish: Herodot
• Malay: Herodotus
• Persian: هرودوت (herodot)
• Polish: Herodot
• Portuguese: Heródoto m
• Russian: Геродо́т (ru) m (Gerodót)
• Serbo-Croatian: Херодот (Herodot)
• Slovene: Heródot (sl) m
• Spanish: Heródoto
• Swedish: Herodotos
• Ukrainian: Геродо́т m (Herodót)

Further reading

• “Herodotus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• out-Herods

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Latin

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ἡρόδοτος (Hēródotos).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heːˈro.do.tus/, [heːˈrɔd̪ɔt̪ʊs̠]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈro.do.tus/, [eˈrɔːd̪ot̪us]

Proper noun

Hērodotus m sg (genitive Hērodotī); second declension

1. Herodotus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hērodotus
Genitive	Hērodotī
Dative	Hērodotō
Accusative	Hērodotum
Ablative	Hērodotō
Vocative	Hērodote