heros

See also: héros

English

Noun

heros

1. plural of hero (type of sandwich)

Anagrams

• hoers, H-O-R-S-E, rohes, shoer, Horse, HORSE, shero, shore, H.O.R.S.E., hoser, horse, Shore, RSeOH, Rohes

Latin

Etymology 1

From the Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “hero; demigod”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈheː.roːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ros]

Noun

hērōs m (genitive hērōis); third declension

1. (literally) demigod, hero
2. (transferred sense, Ciceronianism) an illustrious man

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type).

	singular	plural
nominative	hērōs	hērōē̆s
genitive	hērōis	hērōum
dative	hērōī	hērōibus hērōisin
accusative	hērōa hērōem	hērōas hērōēs
ablative	hērōe	hērōibus
vocative	hērōs	hērōē̆s

Related terms

• hērōicē
• hērōicus
• hērōīna
• hērōis
• hērōus

Descendants

• → Basque: heroi
• → Catalan: heroi
• → Esperanto: heroo
• → French: héros
  • → English: hero
  • → Romanian: erou
• → German: Heros, Heroe
• → Ido: heroo
• → Italian: eroe
  • → Maltese: eroj
• → Middle French: heroe
• → Polish: heros
• → Portuguese: herói
• → Sicilian: iroi
• → Spanish: héroe

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛ.roːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.ros]

Noun

herōs

1. accusative plural of herus

References

• “heros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “heros”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “heros”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “heros”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin hērōs, from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs). Doublet of gieroj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɛ.rɔs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrɔs
• Syllabification: he‧ros

Noun

heros m pers

1. (Greek mythology) hero (demigod)
2. (figurative) hero (person of great bravery)

   Synonym: bohater

Declension

Declension of heros

	singular	plural
nominative	heros	herosi/herosowie
genitive	herosa	herosów
dative	herosowi	herosom
accusative	herosa	herosów
instrumental	herosem	herosami
locative	herosie	herosach
vocative	herosie	herosi/herosowie

Further reading

• “heros”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “heros”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)