See also: Ηρακλής

Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, Hera) +‎ -κλῆς (-klês, glory). Compare Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklêsm (genitive Ἡρακλέους); third declension

  1. Heracles; Hercules

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Historically, there have been two dominant forms of the name in other languages—one based on the Greek form (Heracles), and the other based on the Latin form Herculēs. The Latin form was adapted from the Etruscan form 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌋𐌄 (hercle), which was adapted from Greek. When used together, Heracles specifically refers to the figure in Greek mythology, and Hercules specifically refers to the adaptation of the figure in Roman mythology. However, in many languages, the dominant form (whether from Greek or Latin) is used interchangeably to refer to either mythology context. In particular, in English, the Latin form Hercules is most common.

Language Heracles Hercules
Arabic هِرَقْل (hiraql) هَرْقُل (harqul)
Basque Herakles Herkules
Bulgarian Херакъл (Herakǎl) Херкулес (Herkules)
Catalan Hèracles Hèrcules
Coptic ⲏⲣⲁⲕⲗⲁⲥ (ēraklas)
Czech Héraklés Herkules
Danish Herakles Herkules, Hercules
English Heracles Hercules
Esperanto Heraklo Herkulo
Estonian Herakles
Etruscan 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌂𐌋𐌄 (hercle)
Finnish Herakles Herkules
French Héraclès Hercule
Georgian ჰერაკლე (heraḳle)
German Herakles Herkules
Greek Ηρακλής (Iraklís)
Hebrew הראקלס (Heraqles) הרקולס (Herqules)
Hungarian Héraklész
Indonesian Herakles Herkules
Irish Earcail
Italian Eracle Ercole
Japanese ヘラクレス (Herakuresu) ヘルクレス (Herukuresu)
Korean 헤라클레스 (Herakeulleseu)
Latin Hēraclēs Herculēs
Lithuanian Heraklis Herkuliu
Luxembourgish Herakles
Norwegian Herakles Herkules
Polish Herakles Herkules
Portuguese Héracles Hércules
Romanian Heracle Hercule
Russian Геракл (Gerakl) Геркулес (Gerkules)
Serbo-Croatian Heraklo/Херакло; Herakle/Херакле Herkul/Херкул
Sicilian Èracli Èrculi
Slovak Herakles Herkulom
Slovenian Heraklej
Spanish Heracles Hércules
Swedish Herakles Hercules
Tagalog Hraklís Hercules
Turkish Herakles Herkül
Ukrainian Геракл (Herakl) Геркулес (Herkules)
Upper Sorbian Herkules
Welsh Heracles Ercwlff

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