heros

See also: héros

English

Noun

heros

1. Misspelling of heroes.

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Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈheː.roːs/, [ˈheːroːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ros/, [ˈɛːros]

Noun

hērōs m (genitive hērōis); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	hērōs	hērōēs
Genitive	hērōis	hērōum
Dative	hērōī	hērōibus
Accusative	hērōem	hērōēs
Ablative	hērōe	hērōibus
Vocative	hērōs	hērōēs

Related terms

• hērōicē
• hērōicus
• hērōīna

• hērōis
• hērōus

Descendants

• English: hero
• French: héros
• German: Heroe, Heros
• Italian: eroe

• Portuguese: herói
• Romanian: erou
• Spanish: héroe

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