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- η555Ἡρῷονhero-shrine[Meaning a] monument/tomb.
- η552ἭρωνHeron, Hero… [sc. classical] Athens; then an exegesis of Dinarchus; commentaries on Herodotus, Xenophon, Thucydides; Approved Words (3 books); Epitome of Heraclides' Histories; On the Ancient Orators, and the speeches in which they were victorious when …
- η556Ἥρωςhero[Meaning a] demigod, powerful [man], noble [man]. Homer uses [the dative] h(/rw| as disyllabic, once in the Iliad and once in the Odyssey.
- κ1210Καί τοι σ' οὐκ ἐρῶ γ' ὡς οὐ φιλῶand indeed I will not say that I do not love youThat is, I am not hiding my desire.
- η542Ἥρωαςheroes… plural phrase, quoted from Diogenes Laertius 7.151 (Stoic doctrine). For 'hero' cf. eta 556.
- κ818Κατατείνας ἐρῶI will speak stretching outMeaning I will go through a long speech. In the second [book] of Republic [Plato writes]: "therefore I will speak stretching out." "But straining and stretching, he speaks the truth. And elsewhere: "and the …
- η546ἩρωδιανόςHerodianos, Herodianus, Herodian[1] RE Herodianos(4); OCD4 Herodian(1). [2] alpha 3422: Apollonius. [3] mu 214: Marcus Aurelius, ruled AD 161-180. [4] delta 1171: Dionysius. [5] phi 447: Philo.
- η539ἩρόστρατοςHerostratos, HerostratusA proper name.
- η543ἩρώδειονHerodeion, Herodeum… grid G2. South of Jerusalem. Built by, and named after, Herod (eta 544). Mentioned several times by Josephus e.g. Antiquities of the Jews 16.14; Jewish War 1.265 (web address 1), 419, 673.
- ε3087ἘροιάδαEroiadai, EroeadaeEroiadai is a deme of the Hippothontid tribe [sc. in Athens].
- η535ἩρόδικοςHerodikos, HerodicusPerhaps intended to refer to the Hellenistic writer/philosopher Herodicus of Babylon (on whom see OCD(4) s.v.); but see also gamma 388 for H. the brother of Gorgias; and under omicron 654.
- η548ἩρωδίωνοςHerodion[no gloss]
- η553ἩρῶναξHeronaxA proper name.
- η554ἩρῷναιheroinesAristophanes in Clouds [writes]: "they are some kind of heroines." They pronounced "heroines" with three syllables, as h)i/+qeoi [contracts to] h)/|qeoi. Aelian [writes]: "[she] having accomplished this, a noble and daring deed, downright [worthy] …
- η547ἩρωδιάςHerodiasThat of the wife (and niece) of Herod Antipas and mother of Salome (sigma 65): see under eta 544.
- η551ἩρωΐνηHeroineA [feminine] proper name.
- ε3075Ἐρωτικόνerotic, amorous[Meaning] relating to desire. Also [sc. attested is the adverb] e)rwtikw=s ["amorously"], [meaning] in a desirous manner.
- η126Ἠερόενmisty[h)ero/en] and [sc. also attested is] h)eroeide/s ["mist-like"]: [meaning] dark.
- η549ἩρωελεγεῖονheroelegeionA certain meter.
- η127Ἠερόειςmistycf. scholion on Homer, Iliad 15.191 (*)ai+/dhs d' e)/laxe zo/fon h)ero/enta "Hades received the misty realm"), as well as other lexica. See also eta 126.
- η541ἩροφίλαHerophila, Herophile[1] For Herophila as the name of the Erythraean Sibyl see again under chi 484, and cf. Hesychius eta829. Varro listed a total of ten Sibyls, and the story reported by the Suda about …
- α4006Ἅρπεζον>20 ὅτι τὸ ἐκ χαλίκων ᾠκοδομημένον τειχίον ἄνευ πηλοῦ παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ τινὲς ἅρπεζον καλοῦσινhedgingSome call the wall built from pebbles without mortar in Herodotus "hedging" [a(/rpezon].
- η550Ἠρώησενforced back[Meaning he/she/it] stopped.
- ε3063Ἐρωήforce, impulse, quick motion, rush[Meaning] withdrawal.
- ε3061ἘρωδιόςheronA kind of bird. The so-called stork. Or [a bird] similar to it. As being a sort of e(lwdio/s, from spending time e)n e(/lesi, that is in wet locales.
- αι33ΑἰγεῖονAigeion, Aegeum… the [speech] Against Polyeuktos [mentions it]. [The] Aigeion is a hero-shrine of Aigeus in Athens.
- ε3062Ἐρώειςeroeis[Meaning] one who withdraws. But e)rw/|hs ["(?)you might draw back (from)"] [is] in the optative.
- η537ἨρομένηςEromenesA proper name.
- ε338ἙκαδημίαHekademia, Hekademy… the Akademia (Academy) was formerly called, from Hekademos, a certain hero.
- ε3064Ἐρωήσαςforcing backMeaning [he] bringing down, busting. "Forcing back the destructive horn". Callimachus [sc. writes this]. Aalso, "[your dark blood] will flow about [my] spear". Homer [sc. writes this].