herois

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈɾɔjs] IPA(key): (Valencia) [eˈɾɔjs] === Noun === herois plural of heroi == Latin == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡρωΐς (hērōḯs). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heːˈroː.ɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈrɔː.is] ==== Noun ==== hērōis f (genitive hērōidos or hērōidis); third declension a demigoddess, a heroine (Medieval Latin) a baroness ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant or non-Greek-type). 1In poetry. ===== Derived terms ===== Hērōides ===== Descendants ===== Middle French: héroïde === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heːˈroː.ɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈrɔː.is] ==== Noun ==== hērōis genitive singular of hērōs === Etymology 3 === ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heːˈroː.iːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈrɔː.is] ==== Adjective ==== hērōīs dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter plural of hērōus and hērōos ==== Noun ==== hērōīs 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)