Ἥρως

hero

Translated by Catharine Roth27 Jul 2006Vetting: high6 revisions

1 note · 23 words

[Meaning a] demigod, powerful [man], noble [man].¹
Homer uses [the dative] h(/rw| as disyllabic, once in the Iliad and once in the Odyssey.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἥρως· ἡμίθεος, δυνατός, γενναῖος. δισυλλάβως δὲ κέχρηται Ὅμηρος ἥρῳ, ἅπαξ ἐν Ἰλιάδι καὶ ἅπαξ ἐν Ὀδυσσείᾳ.

Betacode

Ἥρως · hero (η 556) · Suda

*(/hrws: h(mi/qeos, dunato/s, gennai=os. disulla/bws de\ ke/xrhtai *(/omhros h(/rw|, a(/pac e)n *)ilia/di kai\ a(/pac e)n *)odussei/a|.