hera

See also: Hera and Héra

English

Etymology

Apparently a feminization of hero, replacing -o (suffix implying masculinity) with -a (“suffix implying femininity”). Sometimes capitalized as if assumed to be related to Hera.

Noun

hera (plural heras)

1. (uncommon) A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles.

   Synonym: shero

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:hera.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hera, possibly an old borrowing from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”) (compare Latin sērum).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈherɑ/, [ˈhe̞rɑ]
• Rhymes: -erɑ
• Syllabification: he‧ra

Noun

hera

1. whey
2. blood serum

Declension

Inflection of hera (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		hera	herat
genitive		heran	herojen
partitive		heraa	heroja
illative		heraan	heroihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hera	herat
accusative	nom.	hera	herat
	gen.	heran
genitive		heran	herojen herainrare
partitive		heraa	heroja
inessive		herassa	heroissa
elative		herasta	heroista
illative		heraan	heroihin
adessive		heralla	heroilla
ablative		heralta	heroilta
allative		heralle	heroille
essive		herana	heroina
translative		heraksi	heroiksi
instructive		—	heroin
abessive		heratta	heroitta
comitative		—	heroineen

Possessive forms of hera (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	herani	heramme
2nd person	herasi	heranne
3rd person	heransa

Synonyms

• (blood serum): verihera, seerumi, veriseerumi

Derived terms

• herahtaa
• herua

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈhe.ra/, [ˈhɛ.ɾa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ra/, [ˈɛː.ra]

Noun

hera f (genitive herae); first declension

1. Alternative form of era

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hera	herae
Genitive	herae	herārum
Dative	herae	herīs
Accusative	heram	herās
Ablative	herā	herīs
Vocative	hera	herae

References

• hera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• hera in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• hera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• hera in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• hera in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• hera in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

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Old Frisian

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan. Cognate with Old English hīeran and Old Saxon hōrian.

Alternative forms

• (Late Old Frisian) heera

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːra/, [ˈhɛːra]

Verb

hēra

2. (transitive) to hear
4. (transitive) to belong to

Inflection

Conjugation of hēra (weak class 1)

infinitive	hēra
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	hēre	hērde
2nd person singular	hērest, hērst	hērdest
3rd person singular	hēreth, hērth	hērde
plural	hērath	hērden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	hēre	hērde
plural	hēre, hēren	hērde, hērden
imperative	present
singular	hēre
plural	hērath
participle	present	past
	hērande	ehēred, hēred

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: heere
• West Frisian: hearre

Etymology 2

From Old Saxon hērro, from Old High German hērro, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey-haired”), whence also the doublet of hār (“honourable”).

Alternative forms

• hēr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈherːa/

Noun

hēra m

2. lord

Descendants

• Saterland Frisian: Heer

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 28, 198

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hē₂r (“here, hither”)

Adverb

hera

1. hither

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Polish

Etymology

Clipping of heroina

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.ra/

Noun

hera f

1. (slang) heroin

Declension

declension of hera

	singular
nominative	hera
genitive	hery
dative	herze
accusative	herę
instrumental	herą
locative	herze
vocative	hero

Further reading

• hera in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese edra, from Latin hedera (“ivy”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (“to seize, grasp, take”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ɾa/
• Homophones: era, Hera
• Rhymes: -ɛra

Noun

hera f (plural heras)

1. ivy (plant)

   Synonyms: heradeira (Trás-os-Montes), aradeira (Trás-os-Montes)

Hypernyms

• trepadeira

Derived terms

• hera venenosa

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Westrobothnian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²heːrɐ/

Noun

hera f

1. definite nominative & accusative singular of heer

Noun

hera m

1. Alternative form of hära