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Ἑρνίκων (Hernikon)

Ἑρνίκων is an Ancient Greek form of Ἕρνιξ, meaning “Hernix — the Hernici, a people of Latium”. It is the genitive plural masculine noun or adjective.

It can also be a form of Ἕρνικοι, “Hernikoi — eth. HE´RNICI (Eth. *(/ernikoi, Strab.; a people of Central Italy, whose territory was in later…”.

Found 42 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae 4.49.1: τυχὼν δὲ τῆς Λατίνων ἡγεμονίας ὁ Ταρκύνιος ἐπρεσβεύσατο καὶ πρὸς τὰς Ἑρνίκων πόλεις καὶ πρὸς τὰς Οὐολούσκων προκαλούμενος κἀκείνους εἰς φιλίαν τε καὶ συμμαχίαν. Ἕρνικες μὲν οὖν ἅπαντες ἐ …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.