ἡροΐνα

ἡρω-ίνη [ῑ], ἡ, fem. of ἥρως,

A heroine, Theoc. 13.20, 26.36, Call.Del. 161, D.P.1022, Luc.Nec.15, D.C.48.50: [var] contr. [full] ἡρῴνη, Ar.Nu. 315, IG14.1389i55, 22.1358.8, al.; [full] ἠροΐνα ib.12(2).228 (Mytil.).

II a deceased woman (cf.

ἥρως 11

), CIG 2259 ([place name] Samos), IG3.889; of a deified Empress, Jul.Caes. 334b.

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `lord, hero' (Il.).

Other forms: - ωος, rarely - ωνος, - ωνι, - ωτι a. o. (details in Schwyzer 479f., 557, 582)

Dialectal forms: Myc. tiriseroe

Derivatives: ἡρώϊος, ἡρῳ̃ος `heroic' (Pi., Pl.) with ἡρώϊον, - ῶον `sanctuary of a hero' (IA); ἡρωϊκός `id.' (Att., Arist.). Several feminine-formations (cf. on βασιλεύς): 1. ἡρωΐς (Pi.); 2. ἡρωΐνη, ἡρῴνη, ἡροΐνα (Ar., inscr.); 3. ἡρώϊσσα, ἡρῳ̃σσα (A. R., inscr.; cf. v. Wilamowitz Glaube 2, 9 n. 1); 4. ἡρώασσα (Creta); 5. ἡρυς (Lilybaeum II<sup>a</sup>), prob. innovation (after θῆλυς, γρηΰς?); - ἡρωϊασταί, ἡρωϊσταί (-οϊσταί, - ωσταί) pl. ` adorer of Heros' (inscr. IV^a); after the nouns in - αστής, - ιστής, s. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 175ff.; ἡρωϊσμός `adoration of heros' (Mytilene); the verb ἡρωΐζω only Eust. 4, 1, as `write epic poems'. - PN Ἥρυλλα (Chantraine Formation 252).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: Not from ἡρωϜ- as was assumed, because of the Myc. form. A Pre-Greek word.

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