Hesiod

English

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin Hēsiodus, from Ancient Greek Ἡσίοδος (Hēsíodos).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hēʹsē-əd, hĕsʹē-əd
• IPA^(key): /ˈhiː.si.əd/, /ˈhɛs.i.əd/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proper noun

Hesiod

1. An ancient Greek epic poet and rhapsodist of the 8th century BCE, known as the first author of didactic verse.

Derived terms

• Hesiodic, Hesiodian, Hesiodean

Translations

Greek poet

• Armenian: Հեսիոդոս (Hesiodos)
• Bulgarian: Хезиод (Heziod)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 赫西奥德

• Dutch: Hesiodus
• Esperanto: Heziodo
• Estonian: Hesiodos
• Finnish: Hesiodos (fi)
• French: Hésiode (fr) m
• German: Hesiod
• Greek: Ησίοδος (el) m (Isíodos)

  Ancient Greek: Ἡσίοδος m (Hēsíodos)

• Hungarian: Heziod
• Italian: Esiodo m
• Japanese: ヘシオドス (Heshiodosu)
• Korean: 헤시오도스 (Hesiodoseu)
• Latin: Hēsiodus m
• Luxembourgish: Hesiod
• Polish: Hezjod (pl) m
• Portuguese: Hesíodo m
• Russian: Гесио́д (Gesiód)
• Sicilian: Esìudu m
• Slovene: Heziód (sl) m
• Spanish: Hesíodo m
• Swedish: Hesiodos
• Ukrainian: Гесіод (Hesiod)

Further reading

• “Hesiod, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Hesiodic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 2810, column 3.
• “Hesiod”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• hoised