herous

== Latin == === Alternative forms === hērōos === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek ἡρῳος (hērōios, “the heroic measure”, “hexameter”), a contraction of ἡρώϊος (hērṓïos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [heːˈroː.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈrɔː.us] === Adjective === hērōus (feminine hērōa, neuter hērōum); first/second-declension adjective of or relating to a hero, heroic (poetry) heroic, Epic ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== === Noun === hērōus m (genitive hērōī); second declension (poetry) an Epic verse ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. === References === “herous”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “herous”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “herous”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.