ἥρως
ἥρως, ὁ (also ἡ in signf. III), gen. ἥρωος ( ἥρως codd. in Od. 6.303, fort. leg. ἥρω̆ος), IG 2(2).1641.6 (iv B.C.), etc.; also ἥρω D. 19.249, IG 2.1191 (iii B.C.), Paus. 10.4.10: dat. ἥρωϊ, mostly in form ἥρῳ Il. 7.453, Od. 8.483, Pl.Com. 174.18, Orac. ap. D. 43.66: acc. ἥρωα Pl. Lg. 738d, IG 3.810 ( ἥρω̆α Epigr.Gr. 774 ( Priene)); usu. in form ἥρω IG 2.1058.25 (iv B.C.), Pl. R. 391d, A.R. 2.766, etc., also ἥρων Hdt. 1.167:—Plur., nom. ἥρωες ( ω̆ Pi. P. 4.58), rarely contr. ἥρως, as in Ar. Fr. 304: dat. ἥρωσιν A. Fr. 55, Ar. Av. 1485; ἡρώνεσσι Sophr. 154: acc. ἥρωας ( ω̆ Pi. P. 1.53), rarely ἥρως, as in A. Ag. 516, Luc. Dem.Enc. 4:—