herous

See also: Herous

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἡρῳος (hērōios, “the heroic measure”, “hexameter”), a contraction of ἡρώϊος (hērṓïos).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /heːˈroː.us/, [heːˈroː.ʊs]

Adjective

hērōus (feminine hērōa, neuter hērōum); first/second declension

  1. of or relating to a hero, heroic
  2. (of poetry) heroic, epic

Declension

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative hērōus hērōa hērōum hērōī hērōae hērōa
genitive hērōī hērōae hērōī hērōōrum hērōārum hērōōrum
dative hērōō hērōō hērōīs
accusative hērōum hērōam hērōum hērōōs hērōās hērōa
ablative hērōō hērōā hērōō hērōīs
vocative hērōe hērōa hērōum hērōī hērōae hērōa

Derived terms

Noun

hērōus m (genitive hērōī); second declension

  1. an epic verse

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative hērōus hērōī
genitive hērōī hērōōrum
dative hērōō hērōīs
accusative hērōum hērōōs
ablative hērōō hērōīs
vocative hērōe hērōī

References

  • herous in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • herous in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • herous in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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