Hero
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἡρώ (Hērṓ).
Proper noun edit
Hero
- (Greek mythology) Any of a number of legendary men and women, including the priestess loved by Leander.
- (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek of English-speakers.
- 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]:,Scene 1:
- You hear, Count Claudio: I can be secret as a dumb man; I would have you think so; but on my allegiance mark you this, on my allegiance: he is in love. With who? now that is your Grace's part. Mark how short his answer is: with Hero, Leonato's short daughter.
Anagrams edit
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Hero (accusative Heron)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡρώ (Hērṓ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈheː.roː/, [ˈheːroː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.ro/, [ˈɛːro]
Proper noun edit
Hērō f sg (genitive Hērūs); fourth declension
- (Greek mythology) Hero (priestess of Aphrodite, loved by Leander)
- (Greek mythology) Hero (one of the Danaïdes)
- (Greek mythology) Hero (daughter of Priam)
Inflection edit
Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Hērō |
Genitive | Hērūs |
Dative | Hērō |
Accusative | Hērō |
Ablative | Hērō |
Vocative | Hērō |
Derived terms edit
- Hērōus (adjective)
Descendants edit
- → English: Hero
References edit
- “Hero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press