Ἑρμοκράτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἑρμῆς (Hermês, “Hermes”) +‎ κράτος (krátos, “strength”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Ἑρμοκρᾰ́της • (Hermokrátēs) m (genitive Ἑρμοκρᾰ́τους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Hermocrates

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Ἑρμοκρᾰ́της; τοῦ Ἑρμοκρᾰ́τους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Ἑρμοκρᾰ́της
ho Hermokrátēs
Genitive τοῦ Ἑρμοκρᾰ́τους
toû Hermokrátous
Dative τῷ Ἑρμοκρᾰ́τει
tôi Hermokrátei
Accusative τὸν Ἑρμοκρᾰ́τη
tòn Hermokrátē
Vocative Ἑρμόκρᾰτες
Hermókrates
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Coptic: ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲕⲣⲁⲧⲏⲥ (ermokratēs)
  • Greek: Ερμοκράτης (Ermokrátis)
  • → Italian: Ermocrate
  • → Latin: Hermocratēs
  • → Portuguese: Hermócrates
  • → Spanish: Hermócrates

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,013
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