"Ἡρακλῆς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Ἡρακλῆς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /hɛː.ra.klɛ̂ːs/, /i.raˈklis/, /i.raˈklis/, /hɛː.ra.klɛ̂ːs/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /(h)e̝.raˈkle̝s/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /i.raˈklis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /i.raˈklis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /i.raˈklis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) + -κλῆς (-klês, “glory”). Compare Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|Ἥρᾱ|-κλῆς|t1=Hera|t2=glory}} Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) + -κλῆς (-klês, “glory”) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Ἡρακλέους|m|third}} Ἡρακλῆς • (Hēraklês) m (genitive Ἡρακλέους); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Ἡρακλῆς|Ἡρακλέους|form=S}}, {{grc-decl|Ἡρακλῆς|Ἡρακλέους|dial=epi|form=S}} Forms: Hēraklês [romanization], Ἡρακλέους [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ Ἡρακλῆς [nominative, singular], τοῦ Ἡρακλέους [genitive, singular], τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ [dative, singular], τὸν Ἡρακλέᾱ [accusative, singular], Ἡράκλεις [singular, vocative], Epic declension-3 [table-tags], Ἡρακλέης [nominative, singular], Ἡρακλῆος [genitive, singular], Ἡρακλέος [genitive, singular], Ἡρακλῆῐ̈ [dative, singular], Ἡρακλέῐ̈ [dative, singular], Ἡρακλῆᾰ [accusative, singular], Ἡρακλέᾱ [accusative, singular], Ἡράκλεες [singular, vocative]
  1. Heracles; Hercules Wikipedia link: Heracles, Hercules Categories (topical): Greek mythology, Mythological figures Synonyms: Ἡρακλέης (Hērakléēs) [poetic], uncontracted Derived forms: ἡράκλειος (hērákleios), Ἡράκλειος (Hērákleios), Ἡράκλεια (Hērákleia), Ἡράκλειαι (Hērákleiai), Ἡράκλειον (Hērákleion), Ἡρακλείδης (Hērakleídēs), Ἡρακλεώτης (Hērakleṓtēs), Ἡρακλεῶτις (Hērakleôtis), Ἡράκλανον (Hēráklanon)

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Ἥρᾱ",
        "3": "-κλῆς",
        "t1": "Hera",
        "t2": "glory"
      },
      "expansion": "Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) + -κλῆς (-klês, “glory”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) + -κλῆς (-klês, “glory”). Compare Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Hēraklês",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλέους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ Ἡρακλῆς",
      "roman": "ho Hēraklês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ Ἡρακλέους",
      "roman": "toû Hērakléous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ",
      "roman": "tôi Hērakleî",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν Ἡρακλέᾱ",
      "roman": "tòn Hērakléā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡράκλεις",
      "roman": "Hērákleis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλέης",
      "roman": "Hērakléēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλῆος",
      "roman": "Hēraklêos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλέος",
      "roman": "Hērakléos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλῆῐ̈",
      "roman": "Hēraklêĭ̈",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλέῐ̈",
      "roman": "Hērakléĭ̈",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλῆᾰ",
      "roman": "Hēraklêă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλέᾱ",
      "roman": "Hērakléā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡράκλεες",
      "roman": "Hēráklees",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ἡρακλέους",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "Ἡρακλῆς • (Hēraklês) m (genitive Ἡρακλέους); third declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ἡρακλῆς",
        "2": "Ἡρακλέους",
        "form": "S"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ἡρακλῆς",
        "2": "Ἡρακλέους",
        "dial": "epi",
        "form": "S"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -κλῆς",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Greek mythology",
          "orig": "grc:Greek mythology",
          "parents": [
            "Ancient Greece",
            "Mythology",
            "Ancient Europe",
            "Ancient Near East",
            "History of Greece",
            "Culture",
            "Ancient history",
            "History of Europe",
            "Ancient Asia",
            "Greece",
            "History of Asia",
            "Society",
            "History",
            "Europe",
            "Asia",
            "All topics",
            "Earth",
            "Eurasia",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Mythological figures",
          "orig": "grc:Mythological figures",
          "parents": [
            "Mythology",
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "hērákleios",
          "word": "ἡράκλειος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Hērákleios",
          "word": "Ἡράκλειος"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Hērákleia",
          "word": "Ἡράκλεια"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Hērákleiai",
          "word": "Ἡράκλειαι"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Hērákleion",
          "word": "Ἡράκλειον"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Hērakleídēs",
          "word": "Ἡρακλείδης"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Hērakleṓtēs",
          "word": "Ἡρακλεώτης"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Hērakleôtis",
          "word": "Ἡρακλεῶτις"
        },
        {
          "roman": "Hēráklanon",
          "word": "Ἡράκλανον"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Heracles; Hercules"
      ],
      "id": "en-Ἡρακλῆς-grc-name-gKo3wMqh",
      "links": [
        [
          "Heracles",
          "Heracles"
        ],
        [
          "Hercules",
          "Hercules"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "Hērakléēs",
          "tags": [
            "poetic"
          ],
          "word": "Ἡρακλέης"
        },
        {
          "word": "uncontracted"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Heracles",
        "Hercules"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛː.ra.klɛ̂ːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.raˈklis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.raˈklis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛː.ra.klɛ̂ːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)e̝.raˈkle̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.raˈklis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.raˈklis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.raˈklis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ἡρακλῆς"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "hērákleios",
      "word": "ἡράκλειος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hērákleios",
      "word": "Ἡράκλειος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hērákleia",
      "word": "Ἡράκλεια"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hērákleiai",
      "word": "Ἡράκλειαι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hērákleion",
      "word": "Ἡράκλειον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hērakleídēs",
      "word": "Ἡρακλείδης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hērakleṓtēs",
      "word": "Ἡρακλεώτης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hērakleôtis",
      "word": "Ἡρακλεῶτις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hēráklanon",
      "word": "Ἡράκλανον"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "Ἥρᾱ",
        "3": "-κλῆς",
        "t1": "Hera",
        "t2": "glory"
      },
      "expansion": "Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) + -κλῆς (-klês, “glory”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ἥρᾱ (Hḗrā, “Hera”) + -κλῆς (-klês, “glory”). Compare Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Hēraklês",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλέους",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ὁ Ἡρακλῆς",
      "roman": "ho Hēraklês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ Ἡρακλέους",
      "roman": "toû Hērakléous",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ Ἡρακλεῖ",
      "roman": "tôi Hērakleî",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν Ἡρακλέᾱ",
      "roman": "tòn Hērakléā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡράκλεις",
      "roman": "Hērákleis",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Epic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλέης",
      "roman": "Hērakléēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλῆος",
      "roman": "Hēraklêos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλέος",
      "roman": "Hērakléos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλῆῐ̈",
      "roman": "Hēraklêĭ̈",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλέῐ̈",
      "roman": "Hērakléĭ̈",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλῆᾰ",
      "roman": "Hēraklêă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡρακλέᾱ",
      "roman": "Hērakléā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Ἡράκλεες",
      "roman": "Hēráklees",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ἡρακλέους",
        "2": "m",
        "3": "third"
      },
      "expansion": "Ἡρακλῆς • (Hēraklês) m (genitive Ἡρακλέους); third declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ἡρακλῆς",
        "2": "Ἡρακλέους",
        "form": "S"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Ἡρακλῆς",
        "2": "Ἡρακλέους",
        "dial": "epi",
        "form": "S"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek masculine nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the third declension",
        "Ancient Greek perispomenon terms",
        "Ancient Greek proper nouns",
        "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -κλῆς",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Ancient Greek third-declension proper nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "grc:Greek mythology",
        "grc:Mythological figures"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Heracles; Hercules"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Heracles",
          "Heracles"
        ],
        [
          "Hercules",
          "Hercules"
        ]
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Heracles",
        "Hercules"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛː.ra.klɛ̂ːs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.raˈklis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.raˈklis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɛː.ra.klɛ̂ːs/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/(h)e̝.raˈkle̝s/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.raˈklis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.raˈklis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/i.raˈklis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Hērakléēs",
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ],
      "word": "Ἡρακλέης"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncontracted"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Ἡρακλῆς"
}

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