herus

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See also: Herus and heruś

Latin

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Pronunciation

Noun

herus m (genitive herī); second declension

  1. master of the house or family
  2. owner, proprietor

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative herus herī
genitive herī herōrum
dative herō herīs
accusative herum herōs
ablative herō herīs
vocative here herī

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References

  • herus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • herus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • herus 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)
  • herus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.