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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡρῷον (hērôion), noun use of the neuter form of ἡρῷος (hērôios, “of a hero, heroic”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈrɔ.o/
- Rhymes: -ɔo
- Hyphenation: e‧rò‧o
Noun
eroo m (plural eroi)
- (Ancient Greece, prosody) a dactylic hexameter
- (historical, Ancient Greece) Synonym of heroon (building dedicated to a hero)
Further reading
- eroo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana