herous

See also: Herous

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heːˈroː.us/, [heːˈroːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈro.us/, [eˈrɔːus]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hērōus	hērōa	hērōum		hērōī	hērōae	hērōa
genitive	hērōī	hērōae	hērōī		hērōōrum	hērōārum	hērōōrum
dative	hērōō	hērōae	hērōō		hērōīs
accusative	hērōum	hērōam	hērōum		hērōōs	hērōās	hērōa
ablative	hērōō	hērōā	hērōō		hērōīs
vocative	hērōe	hērōa	hērōum		hērōī	hērōae	hērōa

Derived terms

• hērōum
• hērōus

Noun

hērōus m (genitive hērōī); second declension

1. an epic verse

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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.