Ἑρμοκράτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἑρμῆς (Hermês, “Hermes”) +‎ κράτος (krátos, “strength”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /her.mo.krá.tɛːs/ → /er.moˈkra.tis/ → /er.moˈkra.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /her.mo.krá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)er.moˈkra.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /er.moˈkra.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /er.moˈkra.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /er.moˈkra.tis/

Proper noun

Ἑρμοκρᾰ́της • (Hermokrátēs) m (genitive Ἑρμοκρᾰ́τους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hermocrates

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ἑρμοκρᾰ́της; τοῦ Ἑρμοκρᾰ́τους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἑρμοκρᾰ́της ho Hermokrátēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ἑρμοκρᾰ́τους toû Hermokrátous
Dative	τῷ Ἑρμοκρᾰ́τει tôi Hermokrátei
Accusative	τὸν Ἑρμοκρᾰ́τη tòn Hermokrátē
Vocative	Ἑρμόκρᾰτες Hermókrates
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧⲏⲥ (ermokratēs)
• Greek: Ερμοκράτης (Ermokrátis)
• → Italian: Ermocrate
• → Latin: Hermocratēs
• → Portuguese: Hermócrates
• → Spanish: Hermócrates

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013