Ἡράκλανον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin Herculanum, Herculāneum, from Ancient Greek Ἡράκλειον (Hērákleion), from Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês, “Heracles”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.rá.klaː.non/ → /iˈra.kla.non/ → /iˈra.kla.non/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.rá.klaː.non/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝ˈra.kla.non/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈra.kla.non/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈra.kla.non/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈra.kla.non/

Proper noun

Ἡράκλᾱνον • (Hēráklānon) n (genitive Ἡρακλᾱ́νου); second declension

1. Herculaneum; Ercolano, Campania, Italy

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Ἡράκλᾱνον; τοῦ Ἡρακλᾱ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Ἡράκλᾱνον tò Hēráklānon
Genitive	τοῦ Ἡρακλᾱ́νου toû Hēraklā́nou
Dative	τῷ Ἡρακλᾱ́νῳ tôi Hēraklā́nōi
Accusative	τὸ Ἡράκλᾱνον tò Hēráklānon
Vocative	Ἡράκλᾱνον Hēráklānon
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ηράκλανο (Iráklano)
• Italian: Ercolano

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012