heroicus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡρωϊκός (hērōïkós), from ἥρως (hḗrōs) + -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heːˈroː.i.kus/, [heːˈroːɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈro.i.kus/, [eˈrɔːikus]

Adjective

hērōicus (feminine hērōica, neuter hērōicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. heroic, epic (especially relating to mythical heroes)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	hērōicus	hērōica	hērōicum		hērōicī	hērōicae	hērōica
genitive	hērōicī	hērōicae	hērōicī		hērōicōrum	hērōicārum	hērōicōrum
dative	hērōicō	hērōicae	hērōicō		hērōicīs
accusative	hērōicum	hērōicam	hērōicum		hērōicōs	hērōicās	hērōica
ablative	hērōicō	hērōicā	hērōicō		hērōicīs
vocative	hērōice	hērōica	hērōicum		hērōicī	hērōicae	hērōica

Descendants

• Catalan: heroic
• → English: heroic
• French: héroïque
• Galician: heroico
• Italian: eroico
• Portuguese: heróico
• Romanian: eroic
• Spanish: heroico

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^[1], 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