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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἡρωϊκός (hērōïkós), from ἥρως (hḗrōs) + -ικός (-ikós).
Pronunciation
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’s 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the mythical period, the heroic age: aetas heroica (Tusc. 5. 3. 7)
- the mythical period, the heroic age: tempora heroica (N. D. 3. 21. 54)
- to go back to the remote ages: repetere ab ultima (extrema, prisca) antiquitate (vetustate), ab heroicis temporibus