noun · masculinethird declension
hērēs
hērēs m or f (genitive hērēdis)
Classical[ˈheː.reːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.res]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- heir, heiress
Hoc Monumentum Hērēdem Nōn Sequitur
"This tombstone does not follow the heir." (An inscription sometimes found on Ancient Roman tombstones, seemingly to stop a tombstone’s being sold off for money by the dead Roman’s heirs.)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
quī bona mortuī accipit.hērēs -ēdis m/f — in Mille Verba, ch. Vīta et Mors
quī bona mortuī accipithērēs -ēdis (m) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 19 and Evangelium secundum Marcum, ch. 18
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hērēs | hērēdēs haerēdēs |
| genitive | hērēdis haerēdis | hērēdum haerēdum |
| dative | hērēdī haerēdī | hērēdibus haerēdibus |
| accusative | hērēdem haerēdem | hērēdēs haerēdēs |
| ablative | hērēde haerēde | hērēdibus haerēdibus |
| vocative | hērēs | hērēdēs haerēdēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- heres ex besse
- heir to two-thirds of the property.
- heredem esse alicui
- to be some one's heir.
- heres ex asse, ex dodrante
- sole heir; heir to three-quarters of the estate.
- aliquem heredem testamento scribere, facere
- to appoint some one as heir in one's will.
hēres (ēres, Inscr. Orell. 188 al.), ēdis (archaic
I. acc. sing. herem, Naev. ap. Non. 486, 33; Inscr. Orell. 4379; cf. the art. † herem), comm. Sanscr. har-āmi, seize; har-anam, hand; Gr. χείρ, χέρης; cf. erus, an heir, heiress.
I. Lit.:
testamento facto mulier moritur: facit heredem ex deunce et semuncia Caecinam, ex duabus sextulis M. Fulcinium, Cic. Caecin. 6, 17; cf.: me nemo nisi amicus fecit heredem, etc. ... aliquem palam heredem factitare, id. Phil. 2, 16, 41: mulier testamento fecit heredem filiam, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111; id. Mil. 18, 48; cf. id. Rep. 3, 10, 17; Ov. H. 9, 110; Dig. 37, 7, 2; 37, 7, 9; Ven. Fort. Carm. 8, 6, 44: in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti ex duobus filiis major, et ex duabus ea, quae aetate antecedebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 3: scripserunt heredes secum M. Crassum et Q. Hortensium, Cic. Off. 3, 18, 73: aliquem heredem testamento relinquere, id. Quint. 4, 14: relictus ab eo in amplis opibus heres, Plin. 9, 35, 59, § 122: aliquem heredem instituere, Cic. Clu. 7, 22; Quint. 8, 5, 17; cf.: per leges institui uxor non poterat heres, id. 9, 2, 74: instituto herede abdicato, id. 3, 6, 97: substitutus heres erat, id. 7, 6, 10: virgo Vestalis neque heres est cuiquam, etc., Labeo ap. Gell. 1, 12, 18: substituere heredem, Dig. 28, 6, 1: heres ex parte dimidia et tertia est Capito: in sextante sunt ii, quorum, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2: ex asse heres, sole heir, Quint. 7, 1, 20; so, heres ex parte sexta, Plin. Ep. 6, 33, 6: ex dodrante, Suet. Caes. 83: (L. Mescinius) heres est M. Mindio fratri suo, Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2; so, cur virgini Vestali sit heres, non sit matri suae? id. Rep. 3, 10; cf.: quem suis bonis heredem esse cupiebat, id. Caecin. 4, 12; and: atque meis bonis omnibus ego te herem faciam, Naev. ap. Non. 486, 33; for which: quem quis heredem suum esse voluit, Quint. 5, 10, 74: repentinus heres, Cic. Phil. 2, 25, 62: liberti heredem sequantur, Quint. 7, 7, 9; so the formula frequently occurring on inscriptions: HIC LOCVS, HOC MONVMENTVM HEREDEM NON SEQVITVR, USU. abbreviated H. L. or H. M. H. N. S., Inscr. Orell. 4379; 3926; 4455; 575; 2807; 4182; cf. opp.: HOC MONVMENTVM HEREDEM SEQVITVR, Inscr. Orell. 4397: heres secundus, the second heir, next heir, when the first dies: qui me secundum heredem instituerit. Cic. Fam. 13, 61, 1; cf.: possessio heredum secundorum, id. Inv. 2, 21, 62: secundus, Quint. 8, 4, 11; Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Inscr. Orell. 3416; also used of a female: Marcus ait: Heres ipsius secundus, de muliere loquens, Charis. p. 79 P.: heres necessarius, a slave made heir with a grant of freedom, and compelled to assume the liabilities of the estate, Just. Inst. 1, 6, 1 Sandars: ideo sic appellatus, quia, sive velit sive nolit, omnimodo post mortem testatoris protinus liber et heres est, Gai. Inst. 2, 153: heres suus et necessarius, a natural heir who was in the potestas of the deceased, id. ib. 2, § 153; 156; Dig. 38, 16, 1; opp.: heres extraneus, Gai. Inst. 2, § 161.— Poet.: tanti certaminis (i. e. armorum Achillis), Ov. M. 13, 129.—B. Transf.
1. Owner, possessor, master (ante-class.): heres apud antiquos pro domino ponebatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 99 Müll.; cf. Just. Inst. 2, 19 fin.:
apstuli hanc, quojus heres numquam erit post hunc diem, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 12; cf. v. 28.—2. A successor, after-growth (poet.):
nec ullum caput est impune recisum, quin gemino cervix herede valentior esset, of the heads of the Lernean Hydra, Ov. M. 9, 74; cf.: alni caesae densius innumero herede prosunt, Plin. 16, 37, 67, § 173. —II. Trop. (very rare):
illa vetus Academia atque ejus heres Aristus, Cic. Brut. 97, 332; cf. artis, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 24: laudis, Ov. H. 9, 110: fraudis, id. ib. 2, 78: criminis. id. A. A. 3, 459. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
hērēs ēdis, m and f
HER-, an heir, heiress : te ipso herede, T.: mulier facit heredem ex deunce Caecinam: in testamento heredes scripti, Cs.: testamento fecit heredem filiam: ex parte dimidiā: cur virgini Vestali sit heres?: repentinus: secundus, next heir (if the first should die), S.: possessio heredum secundorum: tanti certaminis (i. e. armorum Achillis), O.— A successor, aftergrowth : gemino cervix herede valentior (of the heads of the Hydra), O.—Fig.; an heir, successor : eius (Academiae): regni, L.: laudis, O.
Origins
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- (“derelict”) + -ēs, from the root *ǵʰeh₁- (“to leave behind, abandon”). Cognate with Ancient Greek χήρα (khḗra, “widow”).
Eastern Romance
- Romanianerede
- Romanianherede
Italo-Dalmatian
- Italianreda
- Italianerede
- Judeo-Italianרֵידַה
- Sicilianredi
- Sicilianeredi
Elsewhere
- Englishheirfrom Old French eir
- Frenchhoirfrom Old French eir
- Scotsheirfrom Old French eir
- Welshaerfrom Old French eir
- Irishoidhrefrom Old French eir
- Manxeireyfrom Old French eir
- Scottish Gaelicoighrefrom Old French eir
Old Occitan
- Catalanhereu
Gallo-Italic
- Piedmonteseerede
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianerêt
- Friulianerêd
- Romanshierta
West Iberian
- Aragonesehereu
- Galicianheree