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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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.47
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 10.18
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 22.67
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 2.27
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 8.5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 5.28
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.88
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 9, 4.89
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.88
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.3
    • Statius, Silvae, 4.7
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