62%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek (Anglicized) Scripts Ἡσίοδος(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /ˈhɛs.i.əd/(English) /ˈhi.si.əd/(English) [key·simplify] Meaning & History From the Greek name Ἡσίοδος (Hesiodos), which probably meant "to throw song" from ἵημι (hiemi) meaning "to throw, to speak" and ᾠδή (ode) meaning "song, ode". This was the name of an 8th-century BC Greek poet. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootshiemi + odeVariantHesiodos Categories anglicizations, history, isograms, music, noise, poets, songs, uncertain etymology