adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
Hērōus1
Hērōus (feminine Hērōa, neuter Hērōum)
Classical[heːˈroː.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈrɔː.us]
Meaning
- adjectiveof Hero of Sestos (priestess of Aphrodite in the myth Hero and Leander)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hērōus | Hērōa | Hērōum hērōon |
| genitive | Hērōī | Hērōae | Hērōī |
| dative | Hērōō | Hērōae | Hērōō |
| accusative | Hērōum hērōon | Hērōam hērōān | Hērōum hērōon |
| ablative | Hērōō | Hērōā | Hērōō |
| vocative | Hērōe | Hērōa | Hērōum hērōon |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Hērōī hērōoe | Hērōae | Hērōa |
| genitive | Hērōōrum | Hērōārum | Hērōōrum |
| dative | Hērōīs | Hērōīs | Hērōīs |
| accusative | Hērōōs | Hērōās | Hērōa |
| ablative | Hērōīs | Hērōīs | Hērōīs |
| vocative | Hērōī hērōoe | Hērōae | Hērōa |
hērōus, a, um, adj., = ἡρῳος,
I. of or relating to a hero, heroic.
I. Adj.:
labores, Stat. S. 4, 7, 2: chelys, id. ib. 1, 3, 102; cf.: carmen, Quint. 1, 8, 5; Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 16: versus, heroic or epic verse, Cic. Leg. 2, 27, 68; Quint. 1, 5, 28: pes, an heroic or epic foot, Cic. de Or. 3, 47, 182.—II. As subst.
A. hērōus, i, m., an epic verse:
apte Jungitur herous cum breviore modo, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22; Mart. 3, 20, 6: in herois, Quint. 10, 1, 88 Zumpt N. cr.; also: herous, qui est idem dactylus, Quint. 9, 4, 88; id. 9, 4, 89.—B. hērōum, i, n.
1. A monument to the memory of a hero, Plin. 10, 5, 6, § 18. —
2. = asphodelus, Plin. 22, 22, 32, § 67.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
hērōus adj.
, ἡρῶος, of a hero, heroic: versus, epic: pes.
Origins
From Hērō.