herus

See also: Herus and heruś

Latin

Alternative forms

• erus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛ.rʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.rus]

Noun

herus m (genitive herī, feminine hera); 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

Synonyms

• dominus

Derived terms

• herilis

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, 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.