Herostratus

• Herostratos

Learned borrowing from Latin Hērostratus, from Ancient Greek Ἡρόστρατος (Hēróstratos).

Herostratus

1. an Ancient Greek arsonist who destroyed the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, in order to become famous

• herostratic
• herostratic fame

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἡρόστρατος (Hēróstratos).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /heːˈros.tra.tus/, [heːˈrɔs̠t̪rät̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈros.tra.tus/, [eˈrɔst̪rät̪us]

Hērostratus m sg (genitive Hērostratī); second declension

1. Herostratus

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Herostratus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Herostratus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray