heroicus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἡρωϊκός (hērōïkós), from ἥρως (hḗrōs) + -ικός (-ikós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /heːˈroː.i.kus/, [heːˈroːɪkʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈro.i.kus/, [eˈrɔːikus]
Adjective
hērōicus (feminine hērōica, neuter hērōicum); first/second-declension adjective
- heroic, epic (especially relating to mythical heroes)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | hērōicus | hērōica | hērōicum | hērōicī | hērōicae | hērōica | |
| Genitive | hērōicī | hērōicae | hērōicī | hērōicōrum | hērōicārum | hērōicōrum | |
| Dative | hērōicō | hērōicō | hērōicīs | ||||
| Accusative | hērōicum | hērōicam | hērōicum | hērōicōs | hērōicās | hērōica | |
| Ablative | hērōicō | hērōicā | hērōicō | hērōicīs | |||
| Vocative | hērōice | hērōica | hērōicum | hērōicī | hērōicae | hērōica | |
Descendants
- Catalan: heroic
- → English: heroic
- French: héroïque
- Galician: heroico
- Portuguese: heróico
- Spanish: heroico
References
- “heroicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “heroicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- heroicus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- heroicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the mythical period, the heroic age: aetas heroica (Tusc. 5. 3. 7)
- the mythical period, the heroic age: tempora heroica (N. D. 3. 21. 54)
- to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus
- the mythical period, the heroic age: aetas heroica (Tusc. 5. 3. 7)