erus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === herus === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *ezos (“master”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁esh₂ós (“master”). Cognate with Hittite 𒅖𒄩𒀀𒀸 (“išhāš "master"”). A connection with heres (“heir”) and hirudo (“leech”) has also been proposed by Charlton Lewis and Charles Short, making its stem instead from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₁ro- (“derelict”). Cognates would include Ancient Greek χήρα (khḗra, “widow”), Sanskrit हरति (harati, “to seize”) and हरण (haraṇa, “abduction”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛ.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.rus] === Noun === erus m (genitive erī, feminine era); second declension master of the house or family Synonym: dominus (by extension) a spouse, husband; an owner; a ruler, sovereign; a divinity, god ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “erus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “erus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "erus", 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) “erus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 342