herous
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See also: Herous
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Ancient Greek ἡρῳος (hērōios, “the heroic measure”, “hexameter”), a contraction of ἡρώϊος (hērṓïos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /heːˈroː.us/, [heːˈroːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈro.us/, [eˈrɔːus]
Adjective
[edit]hērōus (feminine hērōa, neuter hērōum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | hērōus | hērōa | hērōum | hērōī | hērōae | hērōa | |
Genitive | hērōī | hērōae | hērōī | hērōōrum | hērōārum | hērōōrum | |
Dative | hērōō | hērōō | hērōīs | ||||
Accusative | hērōum | hērōam | hērōum | hērōōs | hērōās | hērōa | |
Ablative | hērōō | hērōā | hērōō | hērōīs | |||
Vocative | hērōe | hērōa | hērōum | hērōī | hērōae | hērōa |
Derived terms
[edit]- hērōum
- hērōus
Noun
[edit]hērōus m (genitive hērōī); second declension
- an epic verse
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | hērōus | hērōī |
Genitive | hērōī | hērōōrum |
Dative | hērōō | hērōīs |
Accusative | hērōum | hērōōs |
Ablative | hērōō | hērōīs |
Vocative | hērōe | hērōī |
References
[edit]- “herous”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “herous”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- herous in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.