Hesiodus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ēsiodus (Late Latin)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡσῐ́οδος (Hēsĭ́odos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [heːˈsi.ɔ.dʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈs̬iː.o.dus]

Proper noun

Hēsiodus m sg (genitive Hēsiodī); second declension

1. Hesiod

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hēsiodus
genitive	Hēsiodī
dative	Hēsiodō
accusative	Hēsiodum
ablative	Hēsiodō
vocative	Hēsiode

Derived terms

• Hēsiodēus
• Hēsiodicus
• Hēsiodīus

Descendants

Descendants

• → Dutch: Hesiodus (semi-learned)
• → English: Hesiod (semi-learned)
• → French: Hésiode (semi-learned)
• → German: Hesiod (semi-learned)
• → Italian: Esiodo (semi-learned)
• → Portuguese: Hesíodo (semi-learned)
• → Sicilian: Esìudu (semi-learned)
• → Spanish: Hesíodo (semi-learned)

Further reading

• “Hesiodus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Hesiodus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Hesiodus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung