herois
See also: Herois and heróis
Catalan
Noun
herois
- plural of heroi
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /heːˈroː.is/, [heːˈroːɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈro.is/, [eˈrɔːis]
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡρωῐ́ς (hērōís).
Noun
hērōis f (genitive hērōidos or hērōidis); third declension
- a demigoddess, a heroine
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ovid to this entry?)
- (Medieval Latin) a baroness
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hērōis | hērōides hērōidēs |
Genitive | hērōidos hērōidis | hērōidum |
Dative | hērōidī | hērōidibus |
Accusative | hērōida hērōidem | hērōidas hērōidēs |
Ablative | hērōide | hērōidibus |
Vocative | hērōis hērōi1 | hērōides hērōidēs |
1In poetry.
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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