heros

See also: héros

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero”, “demigod”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hērōs m (genitive hērōis); third declension

  1. (literally) demigod, hero
  2. (transferred sense, Ciceronian) an illustrious man

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative hērōs hērōēs
genitive hērōis hērōum
dative hērōī hērōibus
accusative hērōem hērōēs
ablative hērōe hērōibus
vocative hērōs hērōēs

Descendants

References

  • heros in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • heros in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • heros in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • heros in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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