Ἥρα

See also: ήρα and Ήρα

Ancient Greek

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Hera

Alternative forms

Ἥρη (Hḗrē) — Ionic, Epic

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a feminine form of ἥρως (hḗrōs) or related to ὥρα (hṓra).^[1]^[2] Beekes prefers Pre-Greek origin, particularly due to the word being a theonym.^[3]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛ̌ː.raː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e̝.ra/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ra/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ra/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ra/

Proper noun

Ἥρᾱ • (Hḗrā) f (genitive Ἥρᾱς); first declension

(Greek mythology) Hera
a title of the empresses of Rome; see also Ζεύς (Zeús)
Pythagorean name for nine
the planet Venus

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἥρᾱ; τῆς Ἥρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἥρᾱ hē Hḗrā
Genitive	τῆς Ἥρᾱς tês Hḗrās
Dative	τῇ Ἥρᾳ têi Hḗrāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἥρᾱν tḕn Hḗrān
Vocative	Ἥρᾱ Hḗrā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ἡραία (Hēraía)
Ἡραιῆς (Hēraiês)
Ἡραῖον (Hēraîon)
Ἡράκλειτος (Hērákleitos)
Ἡρακλῆς (Hēraklês)
Ἡρόδοτος (Hēródotos)
Ἡρόστρατος (Hēróstratos)
Ἡρόφιλος (Hēróphilos)
Ἡροφῶν (Hērophôn)
Ἡρῴδης (Hērṓidēs)

Descendants

Greek: Ήρα (Íra)
Latin: Hēra
→ Russian: Ге́ра (Géra)

References

^ André Mott with Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge (2003) “Hera”, in Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth (edd.), editor, The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd edition, revised edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 682–683
^ Walter Burkert (1985) Greek Religion, Malden, MA: Blackwell, →ISBN, page 131
^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “Ἥρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524

“Ἥρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Ἥρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“Ἥρα”, 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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- hera idem, page 397.
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012
http://opsopaus.com/OM/BA/Plethon/Hera.html

[1] André Mott with Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge (2003) “Hera”, in Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth (edd.), editor, The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd edition, revised edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, pages 682–683

[2] Walter Burkert (1985) Greek Religion, Malden, MA: Blackwell, →ISBN, page 131

[3] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “Ἥρα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 524

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