erus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *ezos (“master”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁esh₂ós (“master”). Cognate with Hittite 𒅖𒄩𒀀𒀸 (“išhāš "master"”).
A connexion with heres (“heir”) and hirudo (“leech”) has also been proposed by Charlton Lewis and Charles Short, making its stem instead from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- (“derelict”). Cognates would include Ancient Greek χήρα (khḗra, “widow”), Sanskrit हरति (harati, “to seize”) and हरण (haraṇa, “hand”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈe.rus/, [ˈɛrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.rus/, [ˈɛːrus]
Noun
erus m (genitive erī); second declension
- master of the house or family
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | erus | erī |
Genitive | erī | erōrum |
Dative | erō | erīs |
Accusative | erum | erōs |
Ablative | erō | erīs |
Vocative | ere | erī |
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “erus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “erus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- erus 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)
- erus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Jules Pokorny's Ingogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, p. 342
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- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
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