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See also: Herois and heróis

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Pronunciation

Noun

herois

  1. plural of heroi

Latin

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡρωΐς (hērōḯs).

Pronunciation

Noun

hērōis f (genitive hērōidos or hērōidis); third declension

  1. a demigoddess, a heroine
    • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 5.5:
      Edidit haec mores illis heroisin aequos,
      quis erat Eetion Icariusque pater.
      It engendered a character equal to those heroines,
      Eetion’s Andromache, and Icarius’s Penelope. (lit. for whom Eetion and Icarius were the father.)
  2. (Medieval Latin) a baroness
Declension

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

More information singular, plural ...

1In poetry.

Derived terms
  • Hērōides
Descendants
  • Middle French: héroïde

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

hērōis

  1. genitive singular of hērōs

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

hērōīs

  1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of hērōus and hērōos

Noun

hērōīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of hērōus, hērōos, hērōum, and hērōon

References

  • “hērōis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “hērōis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "herois", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • “hērōis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 744/1.
  • “hērōis” on pages 792–793 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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