See Hero on Wiktionary
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"ref": "c. 64 BCE – 17 BCE, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae 170",
"text": "Hero Andromachum"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Hero (one of the Danaïdes)"
],
"links": [
[
"Greek",
"Greek"
],
[
"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"Hero",
"Hero#English"
],
[
"Danaïdes",
"w:Danaïdes"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Greek mythology) Hero (one of the Danaïdes)"
],
"tags": [
"Greek",
"declension-4"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"la:Greek mythology"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "c. 64 BCE – 17 BCE, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae 90"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Hero (daughter of Priam)"
],
"links": [
[
"Greek",
"Greek"
],
[
"mythology",
"mythology"
],
[
"Hero",
"Hero#English"
],
[
"daughter",
"daughter#English"
],
[
"Priam",
"Priam#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Greek mythology) Hero (daughter of Priam)"
],
"tags": [
"Greek",
"declension-4"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"mysticism",
"mythology",
"philosophy",
"sciences"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈheː.roː/",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈheːroː]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈe.ro/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈɛːro]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "Hero"
}
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