The corpus record

ἡρω-ίνη

eroine · ἡ

heroine, a deceased woman

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What it meant

ἡρω-ίνη · hērō-inē — LSJ

heroine

heroine, Theoc. 13.20, 26.36, Call. Del. 161, D.P. 1022, Luc. Nec. 15, D.C. 48.50: contr. ἡρῴνη, Ar. Nu. 315, IG 14.1389i55, 22.1358.8, al.; ἠροΐνα ib. 12(2).228 (Mytil.).

II a deceased woman

a deceased woman (cf. ἥρως II), CIG 2259 (Samos), IG 3.889; of a deified Empress, Jul. Caes. 334b.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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