heroum

See also: Heroum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heːˈroː.um/, [heːˈroːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈro.um/, [eˈrɔːum]

Etymology 1

See hērōs.

Noun

hērōum

1. genitive plural of hērōs

Etymology 2

As an adjective, regularly declined forms of the adjective hērōus; as a noun, a substantivisation of the neuter forms of the adjective hērōus.

Adjective

hērōum

1. inflection of hērōus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

hērōum n (genitive hērōī); second declension

1. a monument to the memory of a hero
2. the asphodel

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hērōum	hērōa
Genitive	hērōī	hērōōrum
Dative	hērōō	hērōīs
Accusative	hērōum	hērōa
Ablative	hērōō	hērōīs
Vocative	hērōum	hērōa

References

• “heroum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press