Ἡρόδοτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) +‎ δοτός (dotós, “granted”, from δίδωμι (dídōmi)).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἡρόδοτος • (Hēródotos) m (genitive Ἡροδότου); second declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Herodotus
  2. in particular, the 5th century BCE historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus

Inflection

Descendants

See also

  • Ἡρόδωρος (Hēródōros)

References

  • “Ἡρόδοτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • 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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