ἡρῷον
From LSJ
τοῦ εἰδέναι χάριν ἡ πραγματεία → knowledge is the object of our inquiry, the aim of our investigation is knowledge
English (LSJ)
Ion. ἡρώϊον, τό, 1 (sc. ἱερόν or ἕδος) shrine of a hero, Hdt. 5.47, 67, Th.2.17, etc.; θἠρῷον, i.e. τὸ ἡρῷον, Ar.V.819. 2 tomb, IG12(7).478 (Amorgos), IGRom.4.799 (Apamea, iii A.D.), etc.:—in form ἡρώειον, CIG4418 (Cilicia), etc. 3 (sc. μέτρον) hexameter, Plu.Num.4, etc. 4 ἡρῷα (sc. ἱερά), τά, festival of a hero, δειπνεῖν Id.2.811d, cf. IG22.974.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1176] τό, Heiligthum, Tempel eines Heros, ion. ἡρώϊον; ἐπὶ τοῦ τάφου αὐτοῦ ἡρώϊον ἱδρυσάμενοι Her. 5, 47; τὰ ἱερὰ καὶ τὰ ἡρῷα πάντα Thuc. 2, 17; vgl. 3, 24; Ath. VI, 266 d; θἡρῷον Ar. Vesp. 819.