Herodotus

English

Etymology

From Latin Hērodotus, from Ancient Greek Ἡρόδοτος (Hēródotos).

Pronunciation

• enPR: hĕ.rŏdʹət.əs
• (UK) IPA^(key): /həˈɹɒdətəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /həˈɹɑːdətəs/

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Proper noun

Herodotus

1. An ancient historian who lived from 484 to 425 BC.

Related terms

• Herodotan
• Herodotean
• Herodotic

 

Translations

ancient historian

• Arabic: هِيرُودُوت m (hīrūdūt)
• Armenian: Հերոդոտոս (Herodotos)

  Old Armenian: Հերոդոտոս (Herodotos)

• Catalan: Heròdot
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 希羅多德／希罗多德 (zh) (Xīluóduōdé)

• Danish: Herodot
• Dutch: Herodotus
• Esperanto: Herodoto
• Estonian: Herodotos
• Finnish: Herodotos
• French: Hérodote (fr) m
• Georgian: ჰეროდოტე (herodoṭe)
• German: Herodot m
• Greek: Ηρόδοτος (el) m (Iródotos)

  Ancient: Ἡρόδοτος Ἁλικαρνασσεύς m (Hēródotos Halikarnasseús), Ἡρόδοτος m (Hēródotos)

• Hebrew: הרודוטוס
• Hindi: हिरोडोटस (hiroḍoṭas)
• Icelandic: Heródótos m, Heródótos frá Halikarnassos m
• Italian: Erodoto m
• Japanese: ヘロドトス (Herodotosu)
• Korean: 헤로도토스 (Herodotoseu)
• Latin: Herodotus Halicarnassensis, Herodotus m
• Luxembourgish: Herodot
• Macedonian: Херодот (Herodot)
• Malay: Herodotus
• Persian: هرودوت (fa) (herodot)
• Polish: Herodot (pl) m
• Portuguese: Heródoto m
• Russian: Геродо́т (ru) m (Gerodót)
• Serbo-Croatian: Херодот m, Herodot m
• Slovene: Heródot (sl) m
• Spanish: Heródoto m
• Swedish: Herodotos
• Ukrainian: Геродо́т m (Herodót)

Further reading

• “Herodotus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Dorotheus, out-Herods

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἡρόδοτος (Hēródotos).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heːˈro.do.tus/, [heːˈrɔd̪ɔt̪ʊs̠]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈro.do.tus/, [eˈrɔːd̪ot̪us]

Proper noun

Hērodotus m sg (genitive Hērodotī); second declension

1. Herodotus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Hērodotus
genitive	Hērodotī
dative	Hērodotō
accusative	Hērodotum
ablative	Hērodotō
vocative	Hērodote