heroe

See also: Heroe and héroe

English

Noun

heroe (plural heroes)

1. Obsolete form of hero.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:

     The heroe of this great history appears with very bad omens.

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heˈroe/
• Rhymes: -oe
• Syllabification: he‧ro‧e

Adverb

heroe

1. heroically

Related terms

• heroo
• heroa

Galician

Alternative forms

• heroi
• herói (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈɾɔe/ [ɛˈɾɔ.ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ɔe
• Hyphenation: he‧ro‧e

Noun

heroe m (plural heroes, feminine heroína, feminine plural heroínas)

1. hero

Related terms

• heroicidade
• heroico
• heroísmo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “heroe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Further reading

• “heroe”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [heːˈroː.ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [eˈrɔː.e]

Etymology 1

Noun

hērōe

1. ablative singular of hērōs

Etymology 2

Adjective

hērōe

1. vocative masculine singular of hērōus

Noun

hērōe

1. vocative singular of hērōus

Middle French

Alternative forms

• heroë, heros

Etymology

From Latin hērōem, accusative of hērōs, from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs).

Compare modern French héros, a borrowing from the Latin nominative.

Noun

heroe m (plural heroes)

1. hero
   • 1575, La cosmographie universelle, column 244:

     Pres de la ville & à main droite, en la voye on voyoit le tombeau de Soſtrate, qui fut vn ieune homme fort aymé par Hercule, lequel mort du viuant de Hercule, ſon amy luy baſtit ce tombeau, & offrit en l’honneur d’iceluy les primices de ſa cheuelure : & à ce Soſtrate les Dymeens faiſoyent ſacrifice, tout ainſi qu’à vn Heroe.

     Near the city, and on the right-hand side of the road, one could see the tomb of Sostratus, who was a young man greatly loved by Hercules. When he died during Hercules’ lifetime, his friend built this tomb for him and offered, in his honor, the first cuttings of his hair. And to this Sostratus the people of Dyme offered sacrifices, just as they would to a hero.

Related terms

• heroïque

Further reading

• Charles Marty-Laveaux (1896), “HEROE”, in La langue de la Pléiade (in French), page 82

Portuguese

Noun

heroe m (plural heroes, feminine heroina, feminine plural heroinas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of herói
   • 1933, Graciliano Ramos, chapter VIII, in Cahetés‎^[1], 1st edition, Rio de Janeiro: Schmidt, page 51:

     — Não, não sou inimigo de ninguem. Mas gosto daquella maneira de achincalhar um typo. A familia do Mesquita... Magnifico! Heroes que luctaram com os hollandezes! […]

     — No, I’m nobody’s enemy. But I like that way of putting someone down. Mesquita’s family... Magnificent! Heroes who fought with the Dutch!

Swahili

Pronunciation

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Noun

heroe class IX (plural heroe class X)

1. flamingo

   Synonym: flamingo