heres
English
Noun
heres
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- (“derelict”), from the root *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave behind, abandon”). Cognate with Ancient Greek χήρα (khḗra, “widow”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈheː.reːs/, [ˈheːreːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.res/, [ˈɛːres]
Noun
hērēs m or f (genitive hērēdis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hērēs | hērēdēs |
Genitive | hērēdis | hērēdum |
Dative | hērēdī | hērēdibus |
Accusative | hērēdem | hērēdēs |
Ablative | hērēde | hērēdibus |
Vocative | hērēs | hērēdēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “heres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “heres”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- heres 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)
- heres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to appoint some one as heir in one's will: aliquem heredem testamento scribere, facere
- to be some one's heir: heredem esse alicui
- sole heir; heir to three-quarters of the estate: heres ex asse, ex dodrante
- heir to two-thirds of the property: heres ex besse
- to appoint some one as heir in one's will: aliquem heredem testamento scribere, facere
- “heres”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “heres”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Middle English
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Pronoun
heres (nominative he)
Alternative forms
Descendants
- English: hers (obsolete)
See also
References
- “hē̆res, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
Noun
heres (uncountable)
- Alternative form of hereos (“love-sickness”)
Etymology 3
Pronoun
heres
- Alternative form of hires (“hers”)
Etymology 4
Noun
heres
Etymology 5
Verb
heres
- Alternative form of herest: second-person singular present of heren
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