heroicus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἡρωϊκός (hērōïkós), from ἥρως (hḗrōs) + -ικός (-ikós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heːˈroː.ɪ.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈrɔː.i.kus] === Adjective === hērōicus (feminine hērōica, neuter hērōicum); first/second-declension adjective heroic, epic (especially relating to mythical heroes) ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “heroicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “heroicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "heroicus", 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) “heroicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.