erus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *ezos (“master”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁esh₂ós (“master”). Cognate with Hittite 𒅖𒄩𒀀𒀸 (“master”).
A connexion with heres (“heir”) and hirudo (“leech”) has also been proposed by Charlton Lewis and Charles Short, making its stem instead from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- (“derelict”). Cognates would include Ancient Greek χήρα (khḗra, “widow”), हरति (harati, “to seize”) and हरण (haraṇa, “hand”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈe.rus/, [ˈɛ.rʊs]
Noun
erus m (genitive erī); second declension
- master of the house or family
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | erus | erī |
| genitive | erī | erōrum |
| dative | erō | erīs |
| accusative | erum | erōs |
| ablative | erō | erīs |
| vocative | ere | erī |
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References
- erus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- erus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- erus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- erus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Jules Pokorny's Ingogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, p. 342
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