herois
Catalan
Noun
herois
- plural of heroi
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /heːˈroː.is/, [heːˈroː.ɪs]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡρωῐ́ς (hērōís).
Noun
hērōis f (genitive hērōidis or hērōidos); third declension
- a demigoddess, a heroine
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ovid to this entry?)
- (Medieval Latin) a baroness
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- Hērōides
Descendants
- Middle French: héroïde
References
- hērōis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- hērōis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- herois in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- hērōis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 744/1
- “hērōis” on pages 792–793 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2
A declined form of hērōs.
Noun
hērōis m
- genitive singular of hērōs
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