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
- of or relating to a hero, heroic
- (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 | hērōae | hērōō | hērōīs | hērōīs | hērōīs | |
| Accusative | hērōum | hērōam | hērōum | hērōōs | hērōās | hērōa | |
| Ablative | hērōō | hērōā | hērōō | hērōīs | hērōīs | hērōīs | |
| Vocative | hērōe | hērōa | hērōum | hērōī | hērōae | hērōa | |
Derived terms
- hērōum
- hērōus
Noun
hērōus m (genitive hērōī); second declension
- 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