Herodiani

Latin

Etymology

From the adjective Hērōdiānus (“of Herod”): as a noun, a substantivisation of the masculine plural; as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /heː.roː.diˈaː.niː/, [heːroːd̪iˈäːniː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.ro.diˈa.ni/, [erod̪iˈäːni]

Proper noun

Hērōdiānī m pl (genitive Hērōdiānōrum); second declension

1. the followers of Herod, Herodians
   • AD 382–4, Biblia Vulgata, Marc. 3:6:

     Exeuntes autem statim Pharisaei cum Herodianis consilium faciebant adversus [Iesum] quomodo eum perderent.

     The Pharisees went out, and immediately conspired with the Herodians against [Jesus], how they might destroy him. ― World English Bible translation

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Hērōdiānī
Genitive	Hērōdiānōrum
Dative	Hērōdiānīs
Accusative	Hērōdiānōs
Ablative	Hērōdiānīs
Vocative	Hērōdiānī

References

• “Hērōdĭāni”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Adjective

Hērōdiānī

1. inflection of Hērōdiānus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular